Survey of London (1633): Aldgate Ward
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THE second VVard
within the Wals on
the East part, is cal
led Ealdgate Ward,
as taking name of
the same Gate. The
principall street of
this VVard beginneth at Ealdgate,
stretching West to sometime a faire
Well, where now a Pumpe is placed.
From thence (the way being divided in
to twaine) the first and principall street,
(called Aldgate-street) runneth on the
South side to Lime-street corner, and
halfe that street downe on the left hand,
is also of that Ward.
within the Wals on
the East part, is cal
led Ealdgate Ward,
as taking name of
the same Gate. The
principall street of
this VVard beginneth at Ealdgate,
stretching West to sometime a faire
Well, where now a Pumpe is placed.
From thence (the way being divided in
to twaine) the first and principall street,
(called Aldgate-street) runneth on the
South side to Lime-street corner, and
halfe that street downe on the left hand,
is also of that Ward.
In the mid way on that South side,
betwixt Ealdgate and Lime-street, is
Hart-horne Alley, a way that goeth tho
row into Fen-Church street, over against
Northumberland House. Then have yee
Brick-layers Hall, and another Alley,
called Sprinkle Alley, now named Sugar
loafe Alley, of the like signe.
betwixt Ealdgate and Lime-street, is
Hart-horne Alley, a way that goeth tho
row into Fen-Church street, over against
Northumberland House. Then have yee
Brick-layers Hall, and another Alley,
called Sprinkle Alley, now named Sugar
loafe Alley, of the like signe.
Then is there a faire house, with di
vers Tenements neere adjoyning, some
time belonging to a late dissolved Prio
ry, but since possessed by Mistris Corne
wallies, widdow, and her heires, by the
gift of King Henry the eighth, in reward
of fire puddings (as it was commonly
said) by her made, wherewith she had
presented him: such was the Princely
liberality of those times. Of later time,
Sir Nicholas Throgmorton, Knight, was
lodged there.
vers Tenements neere adjoyning, some
time belonging to a late dissolved Prio
ry, but since possessed by Mistris Corne
wallies, widdow, and her heires, by the
gift of King Henry the eighth, in reward
of fire puddings (as it was commonly
said) by her made, wherewith she had
presented him: such was the Princely
liberality of those times. Of later time,
Sir Nicholas Throgmorton, Knight, was
lodged there.
Then somewhat more west is Belzet
ters lane, so called of the first builder
and owner thereof; now corruptly cal
led Billitar lane. Betwixt this Belzetters
lane and Limestreet, was (of later time)
a frame of three faire houses, set up in
the yeere 1590. in place where before
was a large Garden-plot, inclosed from
the high street with a Brick wall, which
wall being taken downe, and the ground
digged deepe for Cellerage, there was
found right under the said Bricke wall,
another wall of stone,
ched of stone, and gates of timber to be
closed in the midst towards the street;
The timber of the gates was consumed,
but the hinges of iron still remained on
their scaples on both the sides.
ters lane, so called of the first builder
and owner thereof; now corruptly cal
led Billitar lane. Betwixt this Belzetters
lane and Limestreet, was (of later time)
a frame of three faire houses, set up in
the yeere 1590. in place where before
was a large Garden-plot, inclosed from
the high street with a Brick wall, which
wall being taken downe, and the ground
digged deepe for Cellerage, there was
found right under the said Bricke wall,
another wall of stone,
Wall, gate and win
dowes of stone foũd under ground.
with a gate ardowes of stone foũd under ground.
ched of stone, and gates of timber to be
closed in the midst towards the street;
The timber of the gates was consumed,
but the hinges of iron still remained on
their scaples on both the sides.
Moreover, in that Wall were square
windowes, with barres of iron on either
side the gate: this wall was under ground
above two fathomes deepe, as I then e
steemed it, and seemeth to be the ruines
of some house burned in the reigne of
King Stephen, when the fire began in the
house of one Aleward, neere London stone,
and consumed East to Ealdgate; where
by it appeareth, how greatly the ground
of this Citie hath beene in that place
raissd.
windowes, with barres of iron on either
side the gate: this wall was under ground
above two fathomes deepe, as I then e
steemed it, and seemeth to be the ruines
of some house burned in the reigne of
King Stephen, when the fire began in the
house of one Aleward, neere London stone,
and consumed East to Ealdgate; where
by it appeareth, how greatly the ground
of this Citie hath beene in that place
raissd.
On the North side, this principall
street stretcheth to the West corner of
Saint Andrews Church, and then the
Ward turneth towards the North, by
S. Mary street, on the East side, to S.
Augustines Church in the Wall, and os
by Buries marks againe, or about by the
Wall to Ealdgate.
street stretcheth to the West corner of
Saint Andrews Church, and then the
Ward turneth towards the North, by
S. Mary street, on the East side, to S.
Augustines Church in the Wall, and os
by Buries marks againe, or about by the
Wall to Ealdgate.
The second way from Ealdgate, more
towards the South, from the Pumpe a
foresaid, is called Fen-Church street, and
is of Ealdgate VVard, till yee come to
Calver Alley, on the West side of Iron
mongers Hall, where sometime was a
lane, which went out of Fen-church street
to the middest of Limestreet: but this
lane was stopped up, for suspicion of
Theeves that lurked there by night.
towards the South, from the Pumpe a
foresaid, is called Fen-Church street, and
is of Ealdgate VVard, till yee come to
Calver Alley, on the West side of Iron
mongers Hall, where sometime was a
lane, which went out of Fen-church street
to the middest of Limestreet: but this
lane was stopped up, for suspicion of
Theeves that lurked there by night.
Againe, to Ealdgate, (out of the prin
cipall street, even by the gate, and wall
of the Citie) runneth a lane South, to
Crossed or Crowched Friers, and then
Woodroofe lane, to the Tower-hill, and
out of this Lane West, a street called
Hart-street, which of that ward stretch
eth to Sydon-lane, by S. Olaves Church.
One other lane more West from Eald
gate, goeth by Northumberland House
toward the Crossed Friers: then have ye
on the same side, the North end of Mart
lane, and Blanch-axleton or Chappelton,
where that Ward endeth.
cipall street, even by the gate, and wall
of the Citie) runneth a lane South, to
Crossed or Crowched Friers, and then
Wood
Woodroofe lane, to the Tower-hill, and
out of this Lane West, a street called
Hart-street, which of that ward stretch
eth to Sydon-lane, by S. Olaves Church.
One other lane more West from Eald
gate, goeth by Northumberland House
toward the Crossed Friers: then have ye
on the same side, the North end of Mart
lane, and Blanch-axleton or Chappelton,
where that Ward endeth.
Thus much for the bounds: Now for
Monuments, or places most ancient and
notable. I am first to begin with the
late dissolved Priory of the holy Trini
ty, called Christs-church, on the right
hand within Ealdgate. This Priorie was
founded by Matilda, Queene, wife to
Henry the first, in the same place where
Siredus sometime beganne to erect a
Church, in honour of that Crosse, and
and of S. Mary Magdalen, of which the
Deane and Chapter of Waltham were
wont to receive thirty shillings. The
Queene was to acquire her Church
thereof, and in exchange gave unto
them a Mill. King Henry her Husband
confirmed her gift. This Church was
given to Norman,
lar in all England.
Monuments, or places most ancient and
notable. I am first to begin with the
late dissolved Priory of the holy Trini
ty, called Christs-church, on the right
hand within Ealdgate. This Priorie was
founded by Matilda, Queene, wife to
Henry the first, in the same place where
Siredus sometime beganne to erect a
Church, in honour of that Crosse, and
and of S. Mary Magdalen, of which the
Deane and Chapter of Waltham were
wont to receive thirty shillings. The
Queene was to acquire her Church
thereof, and in exchange gave unto
them a Mill. King Henry her Husband
confirmed her gift. This Church was
given to Norman,
Priory of the Trinity of Canons regular.
the first Canon regular in all England.
The said Queene also gave unto the
same Church, and those that served
God therin, the plot of Ealdgate, and the
Soke thereunto belonging, with all cu
stomes, so free as she had held the same,
and 25. l. Blanks, which she had of the
Citie of Excester, as appeareth by her
Deed, wherein she nameth the house of
Christs-church, and reporteth Ealdgate to
be of her Demains, which she granteth,
with two parts of the rent of the Citie of
Excest. Norman took on him to be Prior
of Christs-church, in the yeere of Christ,
1108. in the Parishes of S. Mary Mag
dalen, S. Michael, S. Katharine, and the
blessed Trinity, which now was made
but one Parish of the holy Trinity, and
was (in old time) of the holy Crosse, or
holy Rood parish.
same Church, and those that served
God therin, the plot of Ealdgate, and the
Soke thereunto belonging, with all cu
stomes, so free as she had held the same,
and 25. l. Blanks, which she had of the
Citie of Excester, as appeareth by her
Deed, wherein she nameth the house of
Christs-church, and reporteth Ealdgate to
be of her Demains, which she granteth,
with two parts of the rent of the Citie of
Excest. Norman took on him to be Prior
of Christs-church, in the yeere of Christ,
1108. in the Parishes of S. Mary Mag
dalen, S. Michael, S. Katharine, and the
blessed Trinity, which now was made
but one Parish of the holy Trinity, and
was (in old time) of the holy Crosse, or
holy Rood parish.
The Priorie was builded on a piece
of ground in the parish of Saint Katha
rine, towards Ealdgate, which lyeth in
length betwixt the Kings street, by the
which men goe towards Ealdgate, neere
to the Chappell of Saint Michael to
wards the North, and containeth in
length eighty thee Elles; halfe quarter,
and halfe quartern of the Kings Iron
Eln, and lyeth in bredth; &c. The Soke
and Ward of Ealdgate was then boun
ded, as I have before shewn: the Queen
was a meane also, that the land and Eng
lish Knighten Guild was given unto the
Prior Norman, and the Honorable man
Geffrey de Clinton was a great helper
therein, and obtained, that the Canons
might inclose the way betwixt their
Church and the wall of the Citie, &c.
This Priorie in processe of time became
a very faire and large Church, rich in
Lands and ornaments, and passed all
the Priories in the Citie of London, or
shire of Middlesex,
was an Alderman of London, to wit, of
Portsoken Ward.
of ground in the parish of Saint Katha
rine, towards Ealdgate, which lyeth in
length betwixt the Kings street, by the
which men goe towards Ealdgate, neere
to the Chappell of Saint Michael to
wards the North, and containeth in
length eighty thee Elles; halfe quarter,
and halfe quartern of the Kings Iron
Eln, and lyeth in bredth; &c. The Soke
and Ward of Ealdgate was then boun
ded, as I have before shewn: the Queen
was a meane also, that the land and Eng
lish Knighten Guild was given unto the
Prior Norman, and the Honorable man
Geffrey de Clinton was a great helper
therein, and obtained, that the Canons
might inclose the way betwixt their
Church and the wall of the Citie, &c.
This Priorie in processe of time became
a very faire and large Church, rich in
Lands and ornaments, and passed all
the Priories in the Citie of London, or
shire of Middlesex,
Prior of Christs-Church an Alderman of London.
the Prior whereof
was an Alderman of London, to wit, of
Portsoken Ward.
I reade, that Eustacius, the eighth
Prior, about the yeere 1264. because
hee would not deale with temporall
matters, instituted Theobald Fitz Iuonis,
Alderman of Portsoken Ward under
him, and that William Rising, Prior of
Christs-Church, was sworne Alderman
of the said Portsoken Ward, in the first
of Richard the second. These Priors
have sitten and ridden amongst the Al
dermen of London, in Liverie like unto
them, saving that his habit was in shape
of a spirituall person, as I my selfe have
seene in my child-hood: at which time,
the Prior kept a most bountifull house
of meat and drinke, both for rich and
poore, aswell within the house, as at the
gates, to all commers, according to
their estates.
Prior, about the yeere 1264. because
hee would not deale with temporall
matters, instituted Theobald Fitz Iuonis,
Alderman of Portsoken Ward under
him, and that William Rising, Prior of
Christs-Church, was sworne Alderman
of the said Portsoken Ward, in the first
of Richard the second. These Priors
have sitten and ridden amongst the Al
dermen of London, in Liverie like unto
them, saving that his habit was in shape
of a spirituall person, as I my selfe have
seene in my child-hood: at which time,
the Prior kept a most bountifull house
of meat and drinke, both for rich and
poore, aswell within the house, as at the
gates, to all commers, according to
their estates.
These were the Monuments in this
Church:
Church:
Iohn Tirell, Esquire.
Simon Kempe, Esquire.
Iames Manthrope, Esquire.
Iohn Ascue, Esquire.
Iohn Kempe, Gentleman.
Robert Chirwide, Esquire.
Iohn Ashfield, Esquire.
Sir Iohn Deddam, Knight.
Ioane, wife to Thomas Nucke, Gent.
Iohn Husse, Esquire.
Iohn Beringham, Esquire.
Thomas Geodwine, Esquire.
Ralfe Walles, Esquire.
Dame Margaret, daughter to Sir
Ralfe Cheny, wife to Sir Iohn Barkley, to
Sir Thomas Barnes, and to Sir W. Bur
sire.
Ralfe Cheny, wife to Sir Iohn Barkley, to
Sir Thomas Barnes, and to Sir W. Bur
sire.
Iohn Breton, Esquire.
Helling, Esquire.
Iohn Malwen and his wife.
Baldwine, sonne to King Stephen, and
Matilda, daughter to King Stephen, wife
to the Earle of Mellen.
Matilda, daughter to King Stephen, wife
to the Earle of Mellen.
Geffrey Mandevile, 1215. And many
other.
other.
But to conclude of this Priory: King
Henry the eighth, minding to reward
Sir Thomas Audley, Speaker of the Par
liament against Cardinall Woolsey, as ye
may read in Hall,1 sent for the Prior,
commending him for his hospitality,
promised him preferment, as a man wor
thy of a far greater dignity; which pro
mise surely hee performed, and com
pounded with him, though in what sort
I never heard,
the appurtenances, was surrendred to
the King, in the moneth of Iuly, in the
yeere 1531. the 23. of the said Kings
reigne. The Canons were sent to other
houses of the same order, and the Prio
rie, with the appurtenances, King Hen
ry gave to Sir Thomas Audley, newly
Knighted, and afterwards made Lord
Chancelour.
Henry the eighth, minding to reward
Sir Thomas Audley, Speaker of the Par
liament against Cardinall Woolsey, as ye
may read in Hall,1 sent for the Prior,
commending him for his hospitality,
promised him preferment, as a man wor
thy of a far greater dignity; which pro
mise surely hee performed, and com
pounded with him, though in what sort
I never heard,
Priory of the holy Trinity surren
dred and suppressed
so that the Priory, with
dred and suppressed
the appurtenances, was surrendred to
the King, in the moneth of Iuly, in the
yeere 1531. the 23. of the said Kings
reigne. The Canons were sent to other
houses of the same order, and the Prio
rie, with the appurtenances, King Hen
ry gave to Sir Thomas Audley, newly
Knighted, and afterwards made Lord
Chancelour.
Sir Thomas Audley offered the great
Church of this Priorie, with a ring of
nine Bels well tuned (wherof foure the
greatest were since sold to the Parish of
Stebunhith, and the five lesser to the pa
rish of S. Stephen in Coleman-street) to
the parishioners of S. Katharine Christs-Church,
in exchange for their small Pa
rish Church, minding to have pulled it
downe, and to have builded there to
wards the street: But the parishioners,
having doubts in their heads of after
claps, refused the offer.
Church of this Priorie, with a ring of
nine Bels well tuned (wherof foure the
greatest were since sold to the Parish of
Stebunhith, and the five lesser to the pa
rish of S. Stephen in Coleman-street) to
the parishioners of S. Katharine Christs-Church,
in exchange for their small Pa
rish Church, minding to have pulled it
downe, and to have builded there to
wards the street: But the parishioners,
having doubts in their heads of after
claps, refused the offer.
Then was the Priory Church and
steeple proffered to whomsoever would
take it downe, and carry it from the
ground; but no man would undertake
the offer. Whereupon, Sir Thomas Aud
ley was faine to be at more charges, than
could be made of the stones, timber,
lead, iron, &c. For the workmen, with
great labour, beginning at the toppe,
loosed stone from stone, and threw
them downe, whereby the most part of
them were broken, and few remained
whole, and those were sold very cheap:
for all the buildings then made about
the Citie, were of Bricke and Timber.
At that time, any man in the Citie,
might have a Cart-load of stone for pa
ving, brought to his doore for 6. d. or 7.
d. with the carriage.
steeple proffered to whomsoever would
take it downe, and carry it from the
ground; but no man would undertake
the offer. Whereupon, Sir Thomas Aud
ley was faine to be at more charges, than
could be made of the stones, timber,
lead, iron, &c. For the workmen, with
great labour, beginning at the toppe,
loosed stone from stone, and threw
them downe, whereby the most part of
them were broken, and few remained
whole, and those were sold very cheap:
for all the buildings then made about
the Citie, were of Bricke and Timber.
At that time, any man in the Citie,
might have a Cart-load of stone for pa
ving, brought to his doore for 6. d. or 7.
d. with the carriage.
The said Thomas Lord Audley builded
and dwelt on this Priorie during his
life, and dyed there in the yeere 1544.
since the which time, the said Priorie
came (by marriage of the Lord Audleys
daughter and heire) unto
Duke of Norfolke, and was then called
the Dukes Place.
and dwelt on this Priorie during his
life, and dyed there in the yeere 1544.
since the which time, the said Priorie
came (by marriage of the Lord Audleys
daughter and heire) unto
The Duke Place.
Thomas,
late
Duke of Norfolke, and was then called
the Dukes Place.
At this time the Inhabitants,
ling and abiding in the said Dukes place,
became utterly destitute of any Parish
Church, for resorting to Gods Divine
Service, and the administration of the
blessed Sacraments, which in the time
of their former blind zeale, the demoli
shed Priory not onely seemed for their
use, but infinite other thereto resorting.
In which respect, the Parish Church of
S. Katharine being so neere, and standing
in the Coemitery or Church-yard of the
late dissolved Priory of the Holy Trini
ty, whereby it was called Saint Katha
rine Christs Church: they resorted thi
ther at the houres of Divine Service,
and benefit of the blessed Sacraments;
whereby (to speake rightly) they be
came a burthen to the said Parish, yet
well enough borne withall, in regard of
the benefit ensuing by them. So that
they carried the respect of equall Pari
shioners, exercising and accomplishing
all duties there, even as if it had beene
their owne proper Parish.
The inha
bitants of the Dukes place made them
selves Pa
rishionem of St. Ka
tharine Cree Church by lacke of a Church of their owne.
dwelbitants of the Dukes place made them
selves Pa
rishionem of St. Ka
tharine Cree Church by lacke of a Church of their owne.
ling and abiding in the said Dukes place,
became utterly destitute of any Parish
Church, for resorting to Gods Divine
Service, and the administration of the
blessed Sacraments, which in the time
of their former blind zeale, the demoli
shed Priory not onely seemed for their
use, but infinite other thereto resorting.
In which respect, the Parish Church of
S. Katharine being so neere, and standing
in the Coemitery or Church-yard of the
late dissolved Priory of the Holy Trini
ty, whereby it was called Saint Katha
rine Christs Church: they resorted thi
ther at the houres of Divine Service,
and benefit of the blessed Sacraments;
whereby (to speake rightly) they be
came a burthen to the said Parish, yet
well enough borne withall, in regard of
the benefit ensuing by them. So that
they carried the respect of equall Pari
shioners, exercising and accomplishing
all duties there, even as if it had beene
their owne proper Parish.
The long continuance of them in
this kinde,
ked, and giadly would have compassed
means for remedy therof: yet their pow
er not stretching so far, nor the way (as
yet fiting for their purpose; they re
mained contented against their wils, till
time would fit them with more conve
nient opportunity. Ground they wan
ted not, for raising a sufficient Parish
Church to themselves, neither did any
good will faile in them for the effecting
their purpose: but onely were curbed by
the lacke of strength, how and which
way to bring it about.
this
this kinde,
The time of such continu
ance, did meerely make a custome of it in o
pinion.
although some much misliance, did meerely make a custome of it in o
pinion.
ked, and giadly would have compassed
means for remedy therof: yet their pow
er not stretching so far, nor the way (as
yet fiting for their purpose; they re
mained contented against their wils, till
time would fit them with more conve
nient opportunity. Ground they wan
ted not, for raising a sufficient Parish
Church to themselves, neither did any
good will faile in them for the effecting
their purpose: but onely were curbed by
the lacke of strength, how and which
way to bring it about.
At length, perceiving their ground
(intended for so good a use to them
selves) aimed at for buildings to private
mens benefits, that so they might bee
frustrate of any such helpe, when occa
sion should in better manner shine on
them: Some of the best advised among
them, by petition sollicited the Lord
Archbishop of Canturbury, to make
their desire and intention known to the
Kings most excellent Majesty, which
most graciously he did. And the King
finding the case so truly honest and re
ligious, for new erecting a Church where
such necessity required, and where su
perstition had so long time formerly
beene harboured: not onely gave the
Lord Archbishop and the sutors both
thankes and commendation; but also
under his Hand and broad Seale, au
thorizable warrant for their proceeding.
The Lord Maior and Senate of Alder
men having intelligence in the case, and
perceiving what an honour would re
dound thereby, first to God, who inspi
red them thereto, next to the King for
so Royally granting the suit, and then to
the City for furthering it to effect: not
withstanding contrary opposition by
them, who would have had them stil
continue, as formerly they were, with
out benefit of a parish Church of their
owne, it proceeded on with good and
prosperous successe, to the no meane ho
nour and commendation of the Lord
Maior then being, Sir Edward Barkham
by name,
state of this famous City, by whose
good meanes it is made a very beauti
full and comely Parish Church, it being
called in the time of re-edifying, Trini
ty Christs Church, raised out of the long
decayed ruines, of Trinity Priory in the
Dukes-place.
(intended for so good a use to them
selves) aimed at for buildings to private
mens benefits, that so they might bee
frustrate of any such helpe, when occa
sion should in better manner shine on
them: Some of the best advised among
them, by petition sollicited the Lord
Archbishop of Canturbury, to make
their desire and intention known to the
Kings most excellent Majesty, which
most graciously he did. And the King
finding the case so truly honest and re
ligious, for new erecting a Church where
such necessity required, and where su
perstition had so long time formerly
beene harboured: not onely gave the
Lord Archbishop and the sutors both
thankes and commendation; but also
under his Hand and broad Seale, au
thorizable warrant for their proceeding.
The Lord Maior and Senate of Alder
men having intelligence in the case, and
perceiving what an honour would re
dound thereby, first to God, who inspi
red them thereto, next to the King for
so Royally granting the suit, and then to
the City for furthering it to effect: not
withstanding contrary opposition by
them, who would have had them stil
continue, as formerly they were, with
out benefit of a parish Church of their
owne, it proceeded on with good and
prosperous successe, to the no meane ho
nour and commendation of the Lord
Maior then being, Sir Edward Barkham
by name,
The long decayed ruines of Trinity
Christ-Church in the Dukes place.
the Court of Aldermen, and
Christ-Church in the Dukes place.
state of this famous City, by whose
good meanes it is made a very beauti
full and comely Parish Church, it being
called in the time of re-edifying, Trini
ty Christs Church, raised out of the long
decayed ruines, of Trinity Priory in the
Dukes-place.
On a faire Table hanging in the Chan
cell, are these Verses depicted:
cell, are these Verses depicted:
AS David could
his eyes no rest afford,
Till he had found
a place out to the Lord,
To build an Altar:
So this man of worth,
The mirrour which
these later dayes brings forth
Barkham the Worthie,
whose immortall name,
Marble’s too weake to hold,
for this workes fame.
He never ceast
in industrie and care,
From ruines to
redeeme this House of Praier;
Following in this
the holy Patriaks waies,
That ready were
him Altars still to raise,
Where they receiv’d a blessing:
So this Lord,
Scarce warme in Honours seat,
did first accord
To this most pious worke,
in which is showne,
Gods blessing, and his thanks
met both in one.
The charge
the honourable Citie beares,
Whose bounty
in ful Noblenesse appeares
To acts of best condition,
in such wise,
That al things, bettering
by their ruine, rise.
Two noble faithfull
Supervisors then,
Amongst a Senate
of religious men,
Selected weare,
to whom the care they gave,
Generous Hamersley,
and Cambell the grave,
Each being a master-piece
of zeale and care
Towards Gods owne Temple,
fit for truths affaire.
Now at the blessed Foundresse
I arrive,
Henry the first did wive,
The Christendome she gave it
held the same,
Till James our Soveraigne
gave it his owne name.
And since I touch
Antiquity so neere,
Observe what notes
remarkable appeare:
An Alderman of London
was at first
Prime Prior of this Church.
Falling to worst,
It is now rais’d
by encouragement and care
Of a Lord Maior of London,
which is rare,
And worth observing.
Then, as I began,
I end best with
the honour of the man.
This Cities first Lord Maior
lies buried here,
Fitz-Alwine,
This is mistaken by Mr. Stowe.
of the Drapers Company,
And the Lord Maior,
whose fame now shines so cleere,
is of the same Society.
By this time the worke is growne to
such fulnesse and perfection, as now no
thing wanteth but the windowes gla
zing, which was performed in this man
ner:
such fulnesse and perfection, as now no
thing wanteth but the windowes gla
zing, which was performed in this man
ner:
The maine and great East light in
the Chancell,
selfe undertooke, and effected it at his
owne charge, as expression testifieth in
the same window. The other sideling
by it, but inclining more Southerly, the
two Worshipfull Gentlemen, Master
George Whitmore,
Ranton, worthily performed. And the
third, standing Northerly in the same
Chancell; Mr. Walter Leigh, who had
beene a Serjeant at Armes to the Kings
Majestie, and now Sword-bearer of Lon
don, did likewise at his owne charge
performe. The two Westerne lights
in the bottome of the Church, being (in
deed) very faire lights; the honourable
Company of Drapers effected the one,
and the Woodmongers worshipfull So
ciety finished the other. Beside, the
two Southerly windowes, the one done
at the charge of Master Cornelius Fish,
Chamberlaine of London, and the other
by Mr. Waldron, then Marshall. So now
ye have the Church of Saint Iames com
pleat.
the Chancell,
The win
dowes gla
zed, and by whom.
Sir Edward Barkham himdowes gla
zed, and by whom.
selfe undertooke, and effected it at his
owne charge, as expression testifieth in
the same window. The other sideling
by it, but inclining more Southerly, the
two Worshipfull Gentlemen, Master
George Whitmore,
These two Gentlemē were She
riffes then
and Master Nicholas
riffes then
Ranton, worthily performed. And the
third, standing Northerly in the same
Chancell; Mr. Walter Leigh, who had
beene a Serjeant at Armes to the Kings
Majestie, and now Sword-bearer of Lon
don, did likewise at his owne charge
performe. The two Westerne lights
in the bottome of the Church, being (in
deed) very faire lights; the honourable
Company of Drapers effected the one,
and the Woodmongers worshipfull So
ciety finished the other. Beside, the
two Southerly windowes, the one done
at the charge of Master Cornelius Fish,
Chamberlaine of London, and the other
by Mr. Waldron, then Marshall. So now
ye have the Church of Saint Iames com
pleat.
Onely there is a faire Monument in
the East end of the Chancell,
resemblance of a golden Sunne, with
beames and rayes very ingeniously for
med, charactering these Verses in and
among them:
the East end of the Chancell,
An artifi
ciall Sun, and the ingenious forming of it.
made in
ciall Sun, and the ingenious forming of it.
resemblance of a golden Sunne, with
beames and rayes very ingeniously for
med, charactering these Verses in and
among them:
The rising here
of the cleere Gospels Sunne,
Is through the Senates
free donation.
The Globe of that bright Sunne,
the God of might,
Christ Iesus is the rising
and the light.
The heat the blessed Spirit
of Truth and Right:
And as these three,
the Globe, the light, the heat,
Are all one Sunne,
so Three One God compleat:
Thrice Allelujah
speakes about the rayes,
That Three in One
may onely have the praise.
This Temple received Consecration
the morrow after New-yeeres day, in
the yeere 1622.
the morrow after New-yeeres day, in
the yeere 1622.
The Right Honourable, Sir Peter
Proby being then Lord Maior; and the
Right Worshipfull, Mr. Iohn Hodges,
and Sir Humfrey Hanford, Knight, She
riffes, and Aldermen.
Proby being then Lord Maior; and the
Right Worshipfull, Mr. Iohn Hodges,
and Sir Humfrey Hanford, Knight, She
riffes, and Aldermen.
The names of all the rest of the Ho
nourable Senators, all worthy Patrons
of this pious worke, and then present at
the consecration:
nourable Senators, all worthy Patrons
of this pious worke, and then present at
the consecration:
Mr. Martin Lumley.
Mr. William Goare.
Mr. Iohn Goare.
Mr. Allen Cotton.
Mr. Cuthbert Hacket.
Mr. Robert Iohnson.
Mr. Richard Hearne.
Mr. Richard Deane.
Mr. Robert Ducie.
Aldermen.
This Sacred Structure,
which this Senate fames,
Our King hath stil’d,
The Temple of S. James.
Nor could I have said so much of
this new Church, but only by the firend
ly help and assistance of my honest well-willer,
George Cooper, Clerke there, who
under his own hand delivered the same
to mee.
this new Church, but only by the firend
ly help and assistance of my honest well-willer,
George Cooper, Clerke there, who
under his own hand delivered the same
to mee.
The Parish Church of S. Katharine
standeth in the Coemetorie of the late
dissolved Priory of the holy Trinity, and
is therefore called S. Katharine Christs-Church.
This Church seemeth to bee
very old; since the building whereof,
the high street hath beene so often rai
sed by payements, that now men are
faine to descend into the said Church
by divers steps, seven in number. But
the Steeple or Bell-tower thereof hath
beene lately builded; to wit, about the
yeere 1504. For Sir Iohn Percivall, Mer
chant-taylor, then deceasing, gave mo
ney towards the building thereof.
standeth in the Coemetorie of the late
dissolved Priory of the holy Trinity, and
is therefore called S. Katharine Christs-Church.
This Church seemeth to bee
very old; since the building whereof,
the high street hath beene so often rai
sed by payements, that now men are
faine to descend into the said Church
by divers steps, seven in number. But
the Steeple or Bell-tower thereof hath
beene lately builded; to wit, about the
yeere 1504. For Sir Iohn Percivall, Mer
chant-taylor, then deceasing, gave mo
ney towards the building thereof.
Now concerning this Parish Church
of Saint Katharine Christs Church,
monly Cree-Church, as formerly hath
been said, it had a descent downe into
it by seven steps or stayres. But being
now newly built, and made a very faire
Church indeed: the ascenting into the
Church is by foure or five degrees. Ve
ry gladly would I have delivered fur
ther satisfaction concerning the new
structure thereof: but I was answered,
they would admit no meddling ther
with, untill they had new built the Sree
ple, and other necessary occasions ther
to belonging.
of Saint Katharine Christs Church,
The new building of S. Ka
tharin Cree-Church.
comtharin Cree-Church.
monly Cree-Church, as formerly hath
been said, it had a descent downe into
it by seven steps or stayres. But being
now newly built, and made a very faire
Church indeed: the ascenting into the
Church is by foure or five degrees. Ve
ry gladly would I have delivered fur
ther satisfaction concerning the new
structure thereof: but I was answered,
they would admit no meddling ther
with, untill they had new built the Sree
ple, and other necessary occasions ther
to belonging.
The Monuments formerly mentio
ned in my last Edition of this Booke, I
finde (by their report) to remaine their
still, with the Tombe of Sir Nicholas
Throckmorton, and the rest there named;
but I finde no newer, to be spoken of.
ned in my last Edition of this Booke, I
finde (by their report) to remaine their
still, with the Tombe of Sir Nicholas
Throckmorton, and the rest there named;
but I finde no newer, to be spoken of.
Roger Marshall, Esquire.
Thomas Malton, Esquire, sonne to Bur
deaux, Herald.
deaux, Herald.
Iohn Chitcroft, Esquire.
Iohn Wakefield, Esquire.
Sir Iohn Rainsford, Knight, of Essex.
Sir Nicholas Throkmorton, chiefe But
ler of England, one of the Chamberlains
of the Exchequer, Ambassadour, &c.
1570. who hath a faire Alabaster
Tombe, in the South side of the Chan
cell. His figure lyeth therein in Armor,
with this description ingraven by it:
ler of England, one of the Chamberlains
of the Exchequer, Ambassadour, &c.
1570. who hath a faire Alabaster
Tombe, in the South side of the Chan
cell. His figure lyeth therein in Armor,
with this description ingraven by it:
Here lyeth the body of Sir Nicholas
Throkmorton,
of Sir George Throlemorton, Knight.
The which Sir Nicholas was chiefe But
ler of England, one of the Chambelaines
of the Exchequer, and Ambassadour Lie
ger to the Queenes Majestie, Queene
Elizabeth, in France. And after his
returne into England, he was sent Am
bassadour againe into France, and twice
into Scotland. He married Anne Ca
rew, daughter to Sir Nicholas Carew,
Knight, and begate of her tenne sonnes
and three daughters. He dyed the 12.
day of February, Anno Dom. 1570.
aged 57. yeeres.
Throkmorton,
In the South side of the Chancell.
Knight, the fourth sonne
of Sir George Throlemorton, Knight.
The which Sir Nicholas was chiefe But
ler of England, one of the Chambelaines
of the Exchequer, and Ambassadour Lie
ger to the Queenes Majestie, Queene
Elizabeth, in France. And after his
returne into England, he was sent Am
bassadour againe into France, and twice
into Scotland. He married Anne Ca
rew, daughter to Sir Nicholas Carew,
Knight, and begate of her tenne sonnes
and three daughters. He dyed the 12.
day of February, Anno Dom. 1570.
aged 57. yeeres.
Here lyeth the buried the body of Frances
Croke,
Paulus Ambrosius Croke, of the in
ner Temple, Esquire. Shee was one of
the daughters and heires of Francis
Wellesborne, Esquire, of Hanny in
the County of Berk, who deceased the 10.
day of Iuly, Anno Domini, 1605. aged
22. yeeres.
Croke,
A faire Tombe in the midst of the Chancel.
the loved and beloved wife of
Paulus Ambrosius Croke, of the in
ner Temple, Esquire. Shee was one of
the daughters and heires of Francis
Wellesborne, Esquire, of Hanny in
the County of Berk, who deceased the 10.
day of Iuly, Anno Domini, 1605. aged
22. yeeres.
VVell borne she was,
but better borne againe.
Her first birth
to the flesh did make her debtor,
The latter, in the Spirit
(by Christ) hath set her.
Deaths first and latter gaine.
Wives pay no debts,
whose Husbands live and raigne.
Here lyeth the body of Master Iohn Smith,
Esquire, Citizen and Mercer of Lon
don,
who had two wives, the first named
Anne,
A faire stone pla
ted in the North Ile of the Quare.
the daughter of Fulke Mullert,
ted in the North Ile of the Quare.
in the County of Surrey, Esquire, which
brought him one daughter, named Mary.
His other wife was Mary, daughter to
Sir Iames Hawes, Knight, and Lord
Maior of London, by whom hee had no
issue. Hee deceased the 24. day of De
cember, Anno Domini, 1594. Aeta
tis suae, 63.
Gods blessings to the poore of this
Parish, by the gifts of Christian Bene
factors.
Parish, by the gifts of Christian Bene
factors.
Mr. William Gilborne, Draper, by his
last Will and Testament, gave foure
Markes yeerely for ever, to be bestowed
in one dozen of bread, and to be distri
buted on every Sabboth day to the
poore of the said Parish: which said
summe is yeerely paid out of the rent
of his late dwelling house in the said
Parish. Also hee gave twenty pounds
more, towards the building of a Galle
rie in the said Church.
last Will and Testament, gave foure
Markes yeerely for ever, to be bestowed
in one dozen of bread, and to be distri
buted on every Sabboth day to the
poore of the said Parish: which said
summe is yeerely paid out of the rent
of his late dwelling house in the said
Parish. Also hee gave twenty pounds
more, towards the building of a Galle
rie in the said Church.
Mr. Iohn Smith, Mercer, in like man
ner, gave three pounds yeerely for ever,
out of his late dwelling house in the said
Parish, to be paid by the Church-war
dens for the time being, to and amongst
the poore of the said Parish, at every
Christmas yeerely.
ner, gave three pounds yeerely for ever,
out of his late dwelling house in the said
Parish, to be paid by the Church-war
dens for the time being, to and amongst
the poore of the said Parish, at every
Christmas yeerely.
Mr. George Lee, Sadler, gave twenty
shillings yeerely for ever to the poore,
out of his rent in the said Parish.
shillings yeerely for ever to the poore,
out of his rent in the said Parish.
Mistris Dane, Widdow, gave eight
shillings yeerely for ever to the poore,
payed by the Ironmongers to M. Depu
tie in a greater summe.
shillings yeerely for ever to the poore,
payed by the Ironmongers to M. Depu
tie in a greater summe.
Mistris Alice Bateman, appointed and
gave in her life time, the summe of 42.
pounds, 6. shillings, to the said Parish,
the profits thereof to bee distributed
yeerely to the poore for ever.
gave in her life time, the summe of 42.
pounds, 6. shillings, to the said Parish,
the profits thereof to bee distributed
yeerely to the poore for ever.
Mr. George Hothersall, Merchant-tay
lor, gave foure and twenty shillings
yeerely for ever out of his Land, to the
poore of this Parish.
lor, gave foure and twenty shillings
yeerely for ever out of his Land, to the
poore of this Parish.
Mr. Iohn Waddis, Cooke, borne in
this Parish, gave to the poore thereof
three pounds, to bee distributed among
them in bread yeerely for ever.
this Parish, gave to the poore thereof
three pounds, to bee distributed among
them in bread yeerely for ever.
Stephen Roberts, Cooke, gave also
foure and forty shillings yeerely for e
ver, to bee distributed in bread.
foure and forty shillings yeerely for e
ver, to bee distributed in bread.
The bounds and limits of this Parish
are in this manner: From the Church
into the Church-yard, to the corner
westward, where turning East, they
crosse the Church-yard thorow a
great house, where sometime dwelt one
Master Wilford, but bought since by Sir
Henry Billingsley, and converted into di
vers tenements. So on into the street
to the Pumpe, and westward on to the
signe of the Rose, sometime the dwel
ling house of one Thomas Shepheard.
There crossing the street to the Smiths
house, his name Iohn Tatum, next to the
signe of the Moore-fields Tavern: thence
they goe backe East to the Pumpe, tur
ning at the corner West, to Harts-horne
Alley to the middest, to Homes his house
and over against him, so backe to Bille
ter-lane, to the house of Iohn Lemote,
crossing the street there, to the house of
Peter Rutt, Taylor. And so back to the
end of Billeter-lane, turning west to a
Bricke house, sometime in the custody
of Master Leese, but possessed now by
Widdow Dewen. There crossing the
street to the house next Master Leaning,
they goe East to the Church lane, and
then North, through a lane betweene
Heneadge house and the Dukes Place, to
Buries markes. Then West by Heneadge
house, to the wall of Sir Iames Lancasters
house, sometime belonging to Sir Fran
cis Walsingham: where they goe backe,
and crosse the way to London wall to the
compast place, where stands the Cities
Armes. Thence forward by the wall to
the outer part of Ealdgate, and so South
towards the Croched Friers, to the house
of Master Peers, where a piece of an Iron
Gun stands fixed in the ground.
are in this manner: From the Church
into the Church-yard, to the corner
westward, where turning East, they
crosse the Church-yard thorow a
great house, where sometime dwelt one
Master Wilford, but bought since by Sir
Henry Billingsley, and converted into di
vers tenements. So on into the street
to the Pumpe, and westward on to the
signe of the Rose, sometime the dwel
ling house of one Thomas Shepheard.
There crossing the street to the Smiths
house, his name Iohn Tatum, next to the
signe of the Moore-fields Tavern: thence
they goe backe East to the Pumpe, tur
ning at the corner West, to Harts-horne
Alley to the middest, to Homes his house
and over against him, so backe to Bille
ter-lane, to the house of Iohn Lemote,
crossing the street there, to the house of
Peter Rutt, Taylor. And so back to the
end of Billeter-lane, turning west to a
Bricke house, sometime in the custody
of Master Leese, but possessed now by
Widdow Dewen. There crossing the
street to the house next Master Leaning,
they goe East to the Church lane, and
then North, through a lane betweene
Heneadge house and the Dukes Place, to
Buries markes. Then West by Heneadge
house, to the wall of Sir Iames Lancasters
house, sometime belonging to Sir Fran
cis Walsingham: where they goe backe,
and crosse the way to London wall to the
compast place, where stands the Cities
Armes. Thence forward by the wall to
the outer part of Ealdgate, and so South
towards the Croched Friers, to the house
of Master Peers, where a piece of an Iron
Gun stands fixed in the ground.
Then backe, crossing the street to the
house of Mistris Smith, going forward
to the Bell Taverne, and so up to the
signe of the Rose, ending where Thomas
Shepheard did dwell. My help here was
by Master Stephen Denison, Minister,
but more especially, by Iohn Beard,
Clarke.
house of Mistris Smith, going forward
to the Bell Taverne, and so up to the
signe of the Rose, ending where Thomas
Shepheard did dwell. My help here was
by
by Master Stephen Denison, Minister,
but more especially, by Iohn Beard,
Clarke.
At the North-West corner of this
Ward in the said high street, standeth
the faire and beautifull Parish Church
of S. Andrew the Apostle, with an ad
dition, to be knowne from other Chur
ches of that name, of the Knape or Vn
dershaft, and so called S. Andrew Vnder
shaft, because that of old time, every
yeere (on May-day in the morning) it
was used,
May-pole, was set up there, in the midst
of the street, before the South doore of
the said Church, which shaft when it
was set on end, and fixed in the ground,
was higher than the Church Steeple.
Geffrey Chawcer, writing of a vaine boa
ster, hath these words, meaning of the
said shaft.
Ward in the said high street, standeth
the faire and beautifull Parish Church
of S. Andrew the Apostle, with an ad
dition, to be knowne from other Chur
ches of that name, of the Knape or Vn
dershaft, and so called S. Andrew Vnder
shaft, because that of old time, every
yeere (on May-day in the morning) it
was used,
A shaft or May-pole high
er than the Church Steeple.
that an high or long shaft, or
er than the Church Steeple.
May-pole, was set up there, in the midst
of the street, before the South doore of
the said Church, which shaft when it
was set on end, and fixed in the ground,
was higher than the Church Steeple.
Geffrey Chawcer, writing of a vaine boa
ster, hath these words, meaning of the
said shaft.
Right well aloft,
and high ye beare your head,
Chawcer chance of dice.
The Weather-cocke with flying,
as ye would kill,
When ye be stuffed,
bet of wine, than bread,
Then looke ye,
when your wombe doth fill,
As yee would beare.
the great shaft of Corne-hill.
Lord so merrily
crowdeth then your croke,
That all the street
may heare your body cloke.
This shaft was not raysed at any time
since evill May day (so called of an in
surrection made by Prentises,
young persons against Aliens, in the
yeere 1517) but the said shaft was laid
along over the doores, and under the
Pentises of one rowe of houses, and Al
ley gate, called of the shaft, Shaft alley,
(being of the possessions of Rochester
bridge) in the ward of Limestreet.
since evill May day (so called of an in
surrection made by Prentises,
As hath bin at large be
fore de
clared.
and other
fore de
clared.
young persons against Aliens, in the
yeere 1517) but the said shaft was laid
along over the doores, and under the
Pentises of one rowe of houses, and Al
ley gate, called of the shaft, Shaft alley,
(being of the possessions of Rochester
bridge) in the ward of Limestreet.
It was there, I say, hanged on iron
hookes many yeeres, till the third of
King Edward the sixt, that one Sir Ste
phen,
Church, preaching at Pauls Crosse, said
there, that this shaft was made an Idoll,
by naming the Church of Saint An
drew, with the addition of under that
shaft: he perswaded therefore, that the
names of Churches might be altered:
Also, that the names of dayes in the
weeke might be changed, the fish daies
to be kept any daies, except Friday and
Saturday, and the Lent any time, save
onely betwixt Shrovetide and Easter. I
have oft-times seene this man, forsaking
the Pulpet of his said Parish Church,
preach out of an high Elme tree in the
middest of the Church-yard,
entring the Church, forsaking the Al
tar, to have sung his high Masse in En
glish, upon a Tombe of the dead to
wards the North. I heard his Sermon at
Pauls Crosse, and I saw the effect that
followed: for in the after-noone of that
present Sunday, the neighbours, and
Tenants to the said bridge, over whose
doores the said Shaft had laine, after
they had dined, to make themselves
strong,
great labour raising the Shaft from the
hookes (whereon it had rested two and
thirty yeeres) they sawed it in pieces, e
very man taking for his share, so much
as had layne over his doore and stall,
the length of his house, and they of the
Alley, divided amongst them so much
as had laine over their Alley gate. Thus
was this Idoll (as he tearmed it) mang
led, and after burned.
hookes many yeeres, till the third of
King Edward the sixt, that one Sir Ste
phen,
Shaft or Maypole preached against at Pauls Crosse.
Curate of Saint Katherine Christs
Church, preaching at Pauls Crosse, said
there, that this shaft was made an Idoll,
by naming the Church of Saint An
drew, with the addition of under that
shaft: he perswaded therefore, that the
names of Churches might be altered:
Also, that the names of dayes in the
weeke might be changed, the fish daies
to be kept any daies, except Friday and
Saturday, and the Lent any time, save
onely betwixt Shrovetide and Easter. I
have oft-times seene this man, forsaking
the Pulpet of his said Parish Church,
preach out of an high Elme tree in the
middest of the Church-yard,
The said Elm tree his prea
ching place is lately ta
ken down.
and then
ching place is lately ta
ken down.
entring the Church, forsaking the Al
tar, to have sung his high Masse in En
glish, upon a Tombe of the dead to
wards the North. I heard his Sermon at
Pauls Crosse, and I saw the effect that
followed: for in the after-noone of that
present Sunday, the neighbours, and
Tenants to the said bridge, over whose
doores the said Shaft had laine, after
they had dined, to make themselves
strong,
Shaft or Maypole saved in pieces and burnt.
gathered more helpe, and with
great labour raising the Shaft from the
hookes (whereon it had rested two and
thirty yeeres) they sawed it in pieces, e
very man taking for his share, so much
as had layne over his doore and stall,
the length of his house, and they of the
Alley, divided amongst them so much
as had laine over their Alley gate. Thus
was this Idoll (as he tearmed it) mang
led, and after burned.
Soone after was there a commotion
of the commons in Norfolke, Suffolke, Es
sex, and other shires, by meanes where
of, streight orders being taken for the
suppression of rumors, divers persons
were apprehended, and executed by
Marshall Law; amongst the which, the
Bayliffe of Rumford in Essex was one, a
man very well beloved: he was early in
the Morning of Mary Magdalens day
(then kept holy-day) brought by the
Sheriffes of London, and the Knight
Marshall, to the Well within Ealdgate,
there to be executed upon a Gibbet set
up that morning, where being on the
Ladder, he had words to this effect;
of the commons in Norfolke, Suffolke, Es
sex, and other shires, by meanes where
of, streight orders being taken for the
suppression of rumors, divers persons
were apprehended, and executed by
Marshall Law; amongst the which, the
Bayliffe of Rumford in Essex was one, a
man very well beloved: he was early in
the Morning of Mary Magdalens day
(then kept holy-day) brought by the
Sheriffes of London, and the Knight
Marshall, to the Well within Ealdgate,
there to be executed upon a Gibbet set
up that morning, where being on the
Ladder, he had words to this effect;
Good people, I am come hither to
dye, but know not for what offence, ex
cept for words by me spoken yester
night to Sir Stephen, Curat and Preacher
of this Parish, which were these: He as
ked me what newes in the Country? I
answered, heavy newes. Why, quoth he?
It is said, quoth I, that many men be up
in Essex, but thanks be to God all is in
good quiet about us: and this was all, as
God bee my Iudge, &c. Vpon these
words of the Prisoner, Sir Stephen to a
void reproach of the people, left the Ci
ty, and was never heard of since amongst
them to my knowledge. I heard the
words of the prisoner for he was execu
ted upon the pavement of my dore,
where I then kept house.
dye, but know not for what offence, ex
cept for words by me spoken yester
night to Sir Stephen, Curat and Preacher
of this Parish, which were these: He as
ked me what newes in the Country? I
answered, heavy newes. Why, quoth he?
It is said, quoth I, that many men be up
in Essex, but thanks be to God all is in
good
good quiet about us: and this was all, as
God bee my Iudge, &c. Vpon these
words of the Prisoner, Sir Stephen to a
void reproach of the people, left the Ci
ty, and was never heard of since amongst
them to my knowledge. I heard the
words of the prisoner for he was execu
ted upon the pavement of my dore,
where I then kept house.
Thus much by digression:
to the parish Church of Saint Andrew
Vndershaft, for it still retaineth the name,
which hath beene new builded by the
Parishoners there, since the yeare 1520.
every man putting to his helping hand,
some with their purses, other, with their
bodies. Stephen Iennings Marchant-Tay
lor, sometime Major of London, caused
(at his charges) to be builded the whole
North side of the great middle Ile, both
of the body and Quire, as appeareth by
his Armes over everie piller graven, and
also the North Ile, which he roofed
with timber and seeled: also the whole
South side of the Church was glazed,
and the Pewes in the South Chappell
made of his costs, as appeareth in every
Window, and upon the said Pewes. He
deceased in the yeere 1524. and was bu
ried in the Gray Fryers Church. Iohn
Kirby Marchant-Taylor, sometime one
of the Sheriffes, Iohn Garland, Merchant
Taylor, and Nicholas Levison, Mercer,
Executor to Garland, were great benefa
ctors to this worke: which was finished
(to the glazing) in the yeere 1529. and
fully finished 1532.
Parish Church of Saint An
drew Vn
dershaft new buil
ded.
now againe
drew Vn
dershaft new buil
ded.
to the parish Church of Saint Andrew
Vndershaft, for it still retaineth the name,
which hath beene new builded by the
Parishoners there, since the yeare 1520.
every man putting to his helping hand,
some with their purses, other, with their
bodies. Stephen Iennings Marchant-Tay
lor, sometime Major of London, caused
(at his charges) to be builded the whole
North side of the great middle Ile, both
of the body and Quire, as appeareth by
his Armes over everie piller graven, and
also the North Ile, which he roofed
with timber and seeled: also the whole
South side of the Church was glazed,
and the Pewes in the South Chappell
made of his costs, as appeareth in every
Window, and upon the said Pewes. He
deceased in the yeere 1524. and was bu
ried in the Gray Fryers Church. Iohn
Kirby Marchant-Taylor, sometime one
of the Sheriffes, Iohn Garland, Merchant
Taylor, and Nicholas Levison, Mercer,
Executor to Garland, were great benefa
ctors to this worke: which was finished
(to the glazing) in the yeere 1529. and
fully finished 1532.
Stephen VVoodroffe his sonne, gave
100. l. in money, for the which, the
poore of that Parish receive two shil
lings in bread weekely for ever.
100. l. in money, for the which, the
poore of that Parish receive two shil
lings in bread weekely for ever.
Sir Thomas Offley, Merchant-Taylor,
Maior, 1556. hee bequeathed the one
halfe of all his goods to charitable acti
ons, but the Parish received little bene
fit thereby.
Maior, 1556. hee bequeathed the one
halfe of all his goods to charitable acti
ons, but the Parish received little bene
fit thereby.
William Hanbury, Baker.
These other Monuments I find there
beside:
beside:
Nicholai de Nate,
mulo repulverescit, spiritus ad Celum
reversus reassumptionem carnis expectat.
Obiit die 1. Ianuar. 1566. A nativita
te vixit, An. 50. Mens. 7. dies 29. Au
gustinus amantissimo fratri moerens po
nere curavit.
On a faire plated Stone in the Chan
cell.
Ragusini caro hoc in tucell.
mulo repulverescit, spiritus ad Celum
reversus reassumptionem carnis expectat.
Obiit die 1. Ianuar. 1566. A nativita
te vixit, An. 50. Mens. 7. dies 29. Au
gustinus amantissimo fratri moerens po
nere curavit.
Henry Man,
niversity of Oxenford, and sometime
Bishop of Man. Which Henry departed
this life the 19. day of October, An. Do.
1556. and lyeth buried under this stone.
Before the doore within the Chan
cell.
Doctor of Divinity in the Vcell.
niversity of Oxenford, and sometime
Bishop of Man. Which Henry departed
this life the 19. day of October, An. Do.
1556. and lyeth buried under this stone.
Memoriae Sacrum.
Resurrectionem in Christo hic expectat Io
annes Stowe,
Qui in antiquis Monumentis eruendis
accuratissima diligentia usus, Angliae
Annales, &, Civitatis Londini synopsim
bene de sua, bene de postera aetate meri
tus luculente scripsit, vitae{que} studie pie
& probe decurso. Obiit Aetatis Anno
80. die 5. Aprilis, 1605.
annes Stowe,
At the up
per end of the North Ile in the Quire.
Civis Londinensis:
per end of the North Ile in the Quire.
Qui in antiquis Monumentis eruendis
accuratissima diligentia usus, Angliae
Annales, &, Civitatis Londini synopsim
bene de sua, bene de postera aetate meri
tus luculente scripsit, vitae{que} studie pie
& probe decurso. Obiit Aetatis Anno
80. die 5. Aprilis, 1605.
Elizabetha Coniux, ut perpetuum sui
amoris testimonium dolens.
amoris testimonium dolens.
Neere to this place,
Simon Burton, Citizen & Wax-Chan
dler of London, a good Benefactor to the
poore of this Parish. Who was three times
Master of his Company, and one of the
Governours of Saint Thomas Hospitall
and of the Common Councel of this Ward
29. yeeres. He had two Wives, Eliza
beth and Anne, and had issue by Eli
zabeth one sonne and foure daughters.
He deceased the 23. day of May, Anno
Dom. 1593. being aged 85. yeers: In
whose remembrance, his loving Daugh
ter Alice Coldocke erected this Monu
ment.
A faire guilded plate in the wall.
lyeth buried the body of
Simon Burton, Citizen & Wax-Chan
dler of London, a good Benefactor to the
poore of this Parish. Who was three times
Master of his Company, and one of the
Governours of Saint Thomas Hospitall
and of the Common Councel of this Ward
29. yeeres. He had two Wives, Eliza
beth and Anne, and had issue by Eli
zabeth one sonne and foure daughters.
He deceased the 23. day of May, Anno
Dom.
Dom. 1593. being aged 85. yeers: In
whose remembrance, his loving Daugh
ter Alice Coldocke erected this Monu
ment.
Neere unto this Monument, lyeth Alice
Byng in a Vault with her Father, Si
mon Burton:
all Batchelers and Stationers. Her first
was Richard Waterson, by him she had
a Sonne. Next him was Francis Col
dock, by birth a Gentleman, he bare all
the Offices in his Company, and had issue
two daughters, Ioane and Anne, with
whom she lived 40. yeeres. Lastly, Isaac
Byng, Gent. who dyed Master of his
Company. She dyed the 21. day of May
Anno Dom. 1616. Aged 73. yeeres,
5. Moneths, and 25. dayes.
Byng in a Vault with her Father, Si
mon Burton:
In the wal close by the other.
shee had three husbands,
all Batchelers and Stationers. Her first
was Richard Waterson, by him she had
a Sonne. Next him was Francis Col
dock, by birth a Gentleman, he bare all
the Offices in his Company, and had issue
two daughters, Ioane and Anne, with
whom she lived 40. yeeres. Lastly, Isaac
Byng, Gent. who dyed Master of his
Company. She dyed the 21. day of May
Anno Dom. 1616. Aged 73. yeeres,
5. Moneths, and 25. dayes.
Neere unto this Monument, lyeth buried
the body of Dorothy Greswolde,
onely Daughter of Roger Greswolde,
Citizen and Merchant-Taylor of Lon
don: which Roger was the third Son of
Richard Greswolde, of Solyhull, in
the County of Warwicke, Esquire. She
was first married to Iohn Weld, Citi
zen and Haberdasher of London, who
was the second Sonne of Iohn Weld of
Eaton, in the County of Chester, Gent.
By whom shee had foure Children, viz.
Iohn, Elizabeth, Ioane and Dorothy.
After his decease, shee married Hugh
Offley, Citizen and Alderman of Lon
don, and by him had only one Daughter,
named Susanna. After his death shee
lived a Widdow sixteene yeeres, and be
ing of the age of 60. yeeres, dyed in the
true faith of Christ, and hope of eternall
happinesse, the 29. of Iune, 1610.
the body of Dorothy Greswolde,
A hand
some small Monu
ment in the wall, South in the Quire.
the
some small Monu
ment in the wall, South in the Quire.
onely Daughter of Roger Greswolde,
Citizen and Merchant-Taylor of Lon
don: which Roger was the third Son of
Richard Greswolde, of Solyhull, in
the County of Warwicke, Esquire. She
was first married to Iohn Weld, Citi
zen and Haberdasher of London, who
was the second Sonne of Iohn Weld of
Eaton, in the County of Chester, Gent.
By whom shee had foure Children, viz.
Iohn, Elizabeth, Ioane and Dorothy.
After his decease, shee married Hugh
Offley, Citizen and Alderman of Lon
don, and by him had only one Daughter,
named Susanna. After his death shee
lived a Widdow sixteene yeeres, and be
ing of the age of 60. yeeres, dyed in the
true faith of Christ, and hope of eternall
happinesse, the 29. of Iune, 1610.
Here before this place, lyeth buried the bo
dy of Margery,
frey Turner, Gent. who deceased the
10. day of December, 1607. being of the
age of 56. yeeres. As also the body of
her first husband, Master Isaac Sutton,
late Citizen and Goldsmith of London:
who deceased the 2. day of May, 1589.
By which Husband she had issue, 6. Sons
and 6. Daughters. All deceasing at the
time of her death, onely Ioane excepted,
daughter and heire of the said Isaac, mar
ried unto William Howpill, Gent.
dy of Margery,
In the Ile beneath the Quire and on the same side, a comely Monu
ment in the wall.
late the Wife of Humment in the wall.
frey Turner, Gent. who deceased the
10. day of December, 1607. being of the
age of 56. yeeres. As also the body of
her first husband, Master Isaac Sutton,
late Citizen and Goldsmith of London:
who deceased the 2. day of May, 1589.
By which Husband she had issue, 6. Sons
and 6. Daughters. All deceasing at the
time of her death, onely Ioane excepted,
daughter and heire of the said Isaac, mar
ried unto William Howpill, Gent.
Tempus & Patientia.
Death hath added to the ornaments
of this place, the blessed memoriall of
of this place, the blessed memoriall of
Edward Warner Esquire a worthy Citi
zen and Merchant of London, who de
parted this mortall life the 28. day of
October, 1628. he was the second Sonne
of Francis Warner, of Parham in the
County of Suffolke Esquire, by Mary
his second wife, Daughter and Coheire of
Sir Edmund Rowse of the said County,
Knight. Which Francis Warner was
truely and lineally descended from the
ancient and generous Family of the War
ners, who possessed a place of their owne
name at Warners Hall in great Wal
tham in the County of Essex.
zen and Merchant of London, who de
parted this mortall life the 28. day of
October, 1628. he was the second Sonne
of Francis Warner, of Parham in the
County of Suffolke Esquire, by Mary
his second wife, Daughter and Coheire of
Sir Edmund Rowse of the said County,
Knight. Which Francis Warner was
truely and lineally descended from the
ancient and generous Family of the War
ners, who possessed a place of their owne
name at Warners Hall in great Wal
tham in the County of Essex.
He dyed without issue, and made Francis
Warner of Parham aforesaid Esquire,
his Nephew and next heire in blood, the
Executor of his Will, and principall heire
to his estate, who out of duty and affecti
on to the memory of his deare Vncle, hath
dedicated this Monument.
Warner of Parham aforesaid Esquire,
his Nephew and next heire in blood, the
Executor of his Will, and principall heire
to his estate, who out of duty and affecti
on to the memory of his deare Vncle, hath
dedicated this Monument.
He had to his first wife Mary,
Master Aylmer of Risden in Hartford
shire; And to his second, Margaret,
daughter of Master Iohn Cheynie.
In the lower part of the Mo
nument.
daughter of
nument.
Master Aylmer of Risden in Hartford
shire; And to his second, Margaret,
daughter of Master Iohn Cheynie.
At entrance into the Quire, and be
fore the Pulpet: Here lyeth buried Ioane Cartwright,
Wife of Abraham Cartwright, Citi
zen and Draper of London; who had
issue by him foure Sons and five daugh
ters. And dyed the 24. of November,
An. Dom. 1609.
fore the Pulpet: Here lyeth buried Ioane Cartwright,
A faire Grave
stone, with the per
sons of him and her en
graven in brasse.
the
stone, with the per
sons of him and her en
graven in brasse.
Wife of Abraham Cartwright, Citi
zen and Draper of London; who had
issue by him foure Sons and five daugh
ters. And dyed the 24. of November,
An. Dom. 1609.
Gods blessings by Christian Benefa
ctors, to the poore of this Parish.
ctors, to the poore of this Parish.
Master Stephen Woodroffe, Citizen
and Haberdasher of London, by his last
will and testament, bearing date the 20.
of April, 1576. gave one hundred pound
in money, to the use of the poore of this
Parish: with which summe, and 20. l.
12. s. 4. d. more laid out by the said
Parish, they purchased a house, called
by the name of the White Horse in Holy-well
street, in the Parish of S. Leonard in
Shorditch, in the County of Middlesex.
Out of which, is and hath been given to
the poore of the said Parish, every Sab
bath since his death, 2. s. in bread, and
so shall continue for ever, 5. l. 4. s. per
annum.
and Haberdasher of London, by his last
will and testament, bearing date the 20.
of April, 1576. gave one hundred pound
in money, to the use of the poore of this
Parish: with which summe, and 20. l.
12. s. 4. d. more laid out by the said
Parish, they purchased a house, called
by the name of the White Horse in Holy-well
street, in the Parish of S. Leonard in
Shorditch, in the County of Middlesex.
Out of which, is and hath been given to
the poore of the said Parish, every Sab
bath since his death, 2. s. in bread, and
so shall continue for ever, 5. l. 4. s. per
annum.
Master
Master Simon Burton, Citizen and
Merchant-Taylor of London, by his
deed indented, dated the 14. of Ianuary,
1579. hath appointed 32. s. to be given
yeerely for ever to eight poore Wid
dowes, or poore housholders of the said
parish: to bee issuing out of all that
Messuage or Tenement, set and being
in the said parish, late in the tenure or
occupation of Peter Hewes, and Edward
Hide: to bee paid to the Church-war
dens of the said parish, for the use of the
poore aforesaid, every quarter 8. s. or
within 40. dayes after every quarter for
ever quarterly, to every of the said 8.
persons, 12. d. a piece.
Also, he gave unto S. Thomas Hospi
tall, two Closes of Land or Meadow
ground, lying in the parish of Shorditch,
upon condition, that the Governours
of the said Hospitall, or their Assignes,
shall give unto 30. poore persons of the
said parish (wherof the Minister, Clark
and Sexton to be three of them) on the
21. 22. or 23. dayes of December, yeere
ly for ever, the summe of 26. s. where
of 20. s. to bee paid amongst the 30.
poore, by 8. d. apeece, and the other 6.
s. for a Sermon yeerely to be made for
ever in Lent.
tall, two Closes of Land or Meadow
ground, lying in the parish of Shorditch,
upon condition, that the Governours
of the said Hospitall, or their Assignes,
shall give unto 30. poore persons of the
said parish (wherof the Minister, Clark
and Sexton to be three of them) on the
21. 22. or 23. dayes of December, yeere
ly for ever, the summe of 26. s. where
of 20. s. to bee paid amongst the 30.
poore, by 8. d. apeece, and the other 6.
s. for a Sermon yeerely to be made for
ever in Lent.
Master Hugh Offley Citizen and Al
derman of London, by his last will and
testament, dated the 2. day of October,
1594. and by an Indenture of the same
date, explaining his minde; gave to the
Parson and Church-wardens of the said
parish, and their successors for ever, an
Annuity or rent charge of 4. l. to be is
suing out of his Messuages or tenements
in Limestreet, London, and within the
said parish: then or lately in the seve
rall tenures of Thomas Offley his sonne,
Iohn Norman, Iames Boomer, Susanna Gar
ret, Widdow, Thomas Blomefield, and
Widdow Allison, or their assignes: To
be paid yeerely at the Feast of the Birth
of our Lord God, and the Nativity of
S. Iohn Baptist, or within 14. daies next
ensuing either the said Feasts, by even
portions, with a distresse for non pay
ment therof: to the end & intent, that on
the first Sunday in every month, month
ly for ever, there shall be given to 12.
of the poorest persons inhabiting in the
said parish, to be named and appointed
by the Parson and Church-wardens, for
the time being, receiving the Commu
nion in the said Church, if any be there
celebrated, each of them 3. d. apeece
in money and a penny loafe of bread.
And to the Clarke monethly 4. d. in
money, and to the Sexton 3. d. in mo
ney, and one penny loafe, being the ad
vantage of the 12. d.
derman of London, by his last will and
testament, dated the 2. day of October,
1594. and by an Indenture of the same
date, explaining his minde; gave to the
Parson and Church-wardens of the said
parish, and their successors for ever, an
Annuity or rent charge of 4. l. to be is
suing out of his Messuages or tenements
in Limestreet, London, and within the
said parish: then or lately in the seve
rall tenures of Thomas Offley his sonne,
Iohn Norman, Iames Boomer, Susanna Gar
ret, Widdow, Thomas Blomefield, and
Widdow Allison, or their assignes: To
be paid yeerely at the Feast of the Birth
of our Lord God, and the Nativity of
S. Iohn Baptist, or within 14. daies next
ensuing either the said Feasts, by even
portions, with a distresse for non pay
ment therof: to the end & intent, that on
the first Sunday in every month, month
ly for ever, there shall be given to 12.
of the poorest persons inhabiting in the
said parish, to be named and appointed
by the Parson and Church-wardens, for
the time being, receiving the Commu
nion in the said Church, if any be there
celebrated, each of them 3. d. apeece
in money and a penny loafe of bread.
And to the Clarke monethly 4. d. in
money, and to the Sexton 3. d. in mo
ney, and one penny loafe, being the ad
vantage of the 12. d.
Also, he gave 5. s. a yeere, for ever
yeerely, to bee paid to such Parson or
Curate, as shall monethly minister the
Communion to the said poore people:
and to a learned Preacher for foure se
verall Sermons, to bee made in the said
parish Church at foure severall dayes
yeerely for ever, five shillings for every
Sermon.
yeerely, to bee paid to such Parson or
Curate, as shall monethly minister the
Communion to the said poore people:
and to a learned Preacher for foure se
verall Sermons, to bee made in the said
parish Church at foure severall dayes
yeerely for ever, five shillings for every
Sermon.
Master William Hanbury, Citizen and
VVhite-Baker of London, by a surrender,
bearing date the 11. day of August,
1595. did give unto his daughter, Mi
stris Elizabeth Spearing, wife of Master
George Spearing Merchant, certaine cop
py-hold land, lying and being in Stebun
heath and Radcliffe, in the County of
Middlesex. Vpon condition, that she,
her heires or assignes, shall pay to the
Parson and Church-wardens of the said
parish, for the use of the poore people
there, 52. s. yeerly for ever, at the Birth
of our Lord God and the Purification of
our Lady the Virgin: which (by con
sent of the parish) is bestowed among
the poore abroad, on Wednesday week
ly 12. d.
VVhite-Baker of London, by a surrender,
bearing date the 11. day of August,
1595. did give unto his daughter, Mi
stris Elizabeth Spearing, wife of Master
George Spearing Merchant, certaine cop
py-hold land, lying and being in Stebun
heath and Radcliffe, in the County of
Middlesex. Vpon condition, that she,
her heires or assignes, shall pay to the
Parson and Church-wardens of the said
parish, for the use of the poore people
there, 52. s. yeerly for ever, at the Birth
of our Lord God and the Purification of
our Lady the Virgin: which (by con
sent of the parish) is bestowed among
the poore abroad, on Wednesday week
ly 12. d.
Mistris Alice Hanbury, widdow, by
her last will and testament, dated the
3. day of December, 1595. did give
unto the said Master George Spearing,
one tenement in the said parish, where
in William Bridges a Taylor then dwel
led: upon condition, that the said George,
his heires or assignes, shall pay to the
Church-wardens of the said parish, and
their successors, to the use of the poore
and impotent people there, 13. s. 4. d.
yeerely for ever, at the Feasts of the
Annunciation of our Lady, and Saint
Michael the Archangell, by even porti
ons: Or else to assure to the said parish,
the like value in some other place:
which summe (by consent of the parish)
is given in coales amongst the poore
yeerely for ever at Christmas.
her last will and testament, dated the
3. day of December, 1595. did give
unto the said Master George Spearing,
one tenement in the said parish, where
in William Bridges a Taylor then dwel
led: upon condition, that the said George,
his heires or assignes, shall pay to the
Church-wardens of the said parish, and
their successors, to the use of the poore
and impotent people there, 13. s. 4. d.
yeerely for ever, at the Feasts of the
Annunciation of our Lady, and Saint
Michael the Archangell, by even porti
ons: Or else to assure to the said parish,
the like value in some other place:
which summe (by consent of the parish)
is given in coales amongst the poore
yeerely for ever at Christmas.
Mr. Ralfe Carter, Citizen and Salter
of London, by his Deed indented, dated
the 22. day of October, 1576. hath gi
ven to divers Feoffees, between the Pa
rishes of Alhallowes in Lumbard-street,
and Saint Andrews Vndershaft, after the
decease of Alice his wife, one Messuage,
with a Garden, called the Halfe-moone
in East-Smith-field, in the parish of Saint
Buttolphs without Ealdgate, to the end
that there should be distributed to the
poore in either Parish, in bread every
Sunday weekely for ever, twelve pence,
and thirty shillings in Coales to eyther
parish, betweene Midsummer and
Christmasse for ever.
of London, by his Deed indented, dated
the
the 22. day of October, 1576. hath gi
ven to divers Feoffees, between the Pa
rishes of Alhallowes in Lumbard-street,
and Saint Andrews Vndershaft, after the
decease of Alice his wife, one Messuage,
with a Garden, called the Halfe-moone
in East-Smith-field, in the parish of Saint
Buttolphs without Ealdgate, to the end
that there should be distributed to the
poore in either Parish, in bread every
Sunday weekely for ever, twelve pence,
and thirty shillings in Coales to eyther
parish, betweene Midsummer and
Christmasse for ever.
Mistris Margaret Moore, widdow, late
wife of William Moore, Citizen and Mer
chant-taylor of London, by her deed in
dented, dated the tenth day of May,
1583. hath given to divers Feoffees of
the said parish, one messuage, which she
had by the gift of her said husband, and
situate in the same parish, now in the
occupation of Thomas Fitall; to the end
that there should be distributed to the
poore there yeerely for ever, 20. shil
lings, at the discretion of the Parson and
Churchwardens: And to a Preacher to
make foure Sermons quarterly, every
yeere for ever 20. shillings.
wife of William Moore, Citizen and Mer
chant-taylor of London, by her deed in
dented, dated the tenth day of May,
1583. hath given to divers Feoffees of
the said parish, one messuage, which she
had by the gift of her said husband, and
situate in the same parish, now in the
occupation of Thomas Fitall; to the end
that there should be distributed to the
poore there yeerely for ever, 20. shil
lings, at the discretion of the Parson and
Churchwardens: And to a Preacher to
make foure Sermons quarterly, every
yeere for ever 20. shillings.
Dame Mary Ramsey, late wife to Sir
Thomas Ramsey, Knight, Alderman and
Lord Maior of London, by her Testa
ment and last Will, dated the 19. of
Jan. 1596. gave to the L. Maior, Com
munalty and Citizens of London, one
messuage or tenement, situated in the
Parish of Saint Peter the poore, in Broad
street Ward, London, then or late in the
occupation of Richard Hull, Citizen
and Draper; to the end that they should
yeerely (after her decease) pay to the
Parson and Churchwardens of this Pa
rish, forty shillings, to be distributed a
mong the poore of the said Parish, at
the discretion of the Parson and the
Churchwardens then being, and by di
rection and allowance of two of the
chiefest Parishioners: And to the like
use for ever, twenty shillings more
yeerely for ever, after decease of one E
lizabeth Worley, in the County of North
hampton, to be paid and distributed in
the like manner.
Thomas Ramsey, Knight, Alderman and
Lord Maior of London, by her Testa
ment and last Will, dated the 19. of
Jan. 1596. gave to the L. Maior, Com
munalty and Citizens of London, one
messuage or tenement, situated in the
Parish of Saint Peter the poore, in Broad
street Ward, London, then or late in the
occupation of Richard Hull, Citizen
and Draper; to the end that they should
yeerely (after her decease) pay to the
Parson and Churchwardens of this Pa
rish, forty shillings, to be distributed a
mong the poore of the said Parish, at
the discretion of the Parson and the
Churchwardens then being, and by di
rection and allowance of two of the
chiefest Parishioners: And to the like
use for ever, twenty shillings more
yeerely for ever, after decease of one E
lizabeth Worley, in the County of North
hampton, to be paid and distributed in
the like manner.
Mr. Iohn Hide, Citizen and Merchant
Taylor of London, by his last Will and
Testament, dated the 8. day of Septem
ber, 1604. did give unto the Parson
and Church-wardens of the said Parish
and their successors, a yeerely rent of
Coles, to be issuing out of all his Lands,
Tenements and Hereditaments, in the
Precinct of the Minories without Eald
gate, London, to be paid yeerely at the
Feast of the Nativity of S. Iohn Baptist
for ever, or within 30 daies next ensuing
with distresse for non-payment thereof:
To the intent that there should be be
stowed yeerely in old clift Char-coles,
30. shillings thereof, and one other 12.
d. yeerely given to some trusty body, to
see the due measuring thereof: And the
same coale to be delivered to the poore
of the same Parish, alwaies two dayes
before S. Michael the Archangel yeerly,
by advice of the Parson and Church-wardens
for the time being, and 3. or 4.
Ancients of the said parish.
Taylor of London, by his last Will and
Testament, dated the 8. day of Septem
ber, 1604. did give unto the Parson
and Church-wardens of the said Parish
and their successors, a yeerely rent of
Coles, to be issuing out of all his Lands,
Tenements and Hereditaments, in the
Precinct of the Minories without Eald
gate, London, to be paid yeerely at the
Feast of the Nativity of S. Iohn Baptist
for ever, or within 30 daies next ensuing
with distresse for non-payment thereof:
To the intent that there should be be
stowed yeerely in old clift Char-coles,
30. shillings thereof, and one other 12.
d. yeerely given to some trusty body, to
see the due measuring thereof: And the
same coale to be delivered to the poore
of the same Parish, alwaies two dayes
before S. Michael the Archangel yeerly,
by advice of the Parson and Church-wardens
for the time being, and 3. or 4.
Ancients of the said parish.
Mr. Edmond Hill, Citizen and Dra
per of London, by his testament and last
will, dated the 5. day of August, 1609.
did give and bequeath to the Church-wardens
and parishioners of this parish
the summe of 52. pounds, to be imploy
ed by the parishioners, as in a stocke for
ever, and the benefit thereby arising,
to bee given weekely to the poore in
bread.
per of London, by his testament and last
will, dated the 5. day of August, 1609.
did give and bequeath to the Church-wardens
and parishioners of this parish
the summe of 52. pounds, to be imploy
ed by the parishioners, as in a stocke for
ever, and the benefit thereby arising,
to bee given weekely to the poore in
bread.
Master Laurence Overton, Citizen
and Mercer of London, by his testament
and last will, dated the 3. day of Sept.
1612. did give and bequeath to the
poore of the said parish (whereof then
he was a parishioner) the summe of 20.
pounds, to be distributed at the discre
tion of the Churchwardens for the time
being, and his Executors.
and Mercer of London, by his testament
and last will, dated the 3. day of Sept.
1612. did give and bequeath to the
poore of the said parish (whereof then
he was a parishioner) the summe of 20.
pounds, to be distributed at the discre
tion of the Churchwardens for the time
being, and his Executors.
Their bounds and limits are thus:
First they goe East, so far as the house
of one Allen Barker, Grocer, over against
Billeter lane end, and so North all the
side of the high street, to Mr. Francis
Philips house, over against the Kings
head Taverne, West. There, on the
South side of the high street, beginning
at the Italian Ordinary of Ieronymo di
Soldi, they turne East to one Thomas
Georges, two houses beyond the Pewter
Pot. Then they turne backe into Lime
street, South, on both sides the way, so
far as the house of Nicholas Hobland,
Merchant stranger, on the one side, and
William Ruddock, Taylor, on the other.
Returning backe, they crosse the way
into S. Mary Axe, all the West side
throughout the whole street, with some
certaine houses over against London wall
towards Bishopsgate, the last whereof is
the dwelling house of Griffin Martin,
Trumpeter. So turning backe into S.
Mary Axe, they goe upon the East side,
from the house of Master Iohn Holding,
commonly called Fletchers hall, and so
on to Master George Sares, adjoyning to
the Church, and there end. Master Hen
ry Mason is Parson there, but my friend
ly furtherance was by Thomas Iohnson the
Clarke.
First they goe East, so far as the house
of one Allen Barker, Grocer, over against
Billeter lane end, and so North all the
side of the high street, to Mr. Francis
Philips house, over against the Kings
head Taverne, West. There, on the
South side of the high street, beginning
at the Italian Ordinary of Ieronymo di
Soldi, they turne East to one Thomas
Georges, two houses beyond the Pewter
Pot. Then they turne backe into Lime
street, South, on both sides the way, so
far as the house of Nicholas Hobland,
Merchant stranger, on the one side, and
William
William Ruddock, Taylor, on the other.
Returning backe, they crosse the way
into S. Mary Axe, all the West side
throughout the whole street, with some
certaine houses over against London wall
towards Bishopsgate, the last whereof is
the dwelling house of Griffin Martin,
Trumpeter. So turning backe into S.
Mary Axe, they goe upon the East side,
from the house of Master Iohn Holding,
commonly called Fletchers hall, and so
on to Master George Sares, adjoyning to
the Church, and there end. Master Hen
ry Mason is Parson there, but my friend
ly furtherance was by Thomas Iohnson the
Clarke.
Now downe St. Mary street, by the
West end of the Church towards the
North,
Merchants, and other: namely, one
faire great house builded by Sir William
Pickering the father, possessed by Sir
William his Sonne,
ward Wootton of Kent. North from this
place is the Fletchers hall, and so downe
to the corner of that street over against
London wall; and againe Eastwards to a
faire house lately new builded, partly
by Mr. Robert Beale, one of the Clerkes
of the Councell.
West end of the Church towards the
North,
S. Mary street.
stand divers faire houses for
Merchants, and other: namely, one
faire great house builded by Sir William
Pickering the father, possessed by Sir
William his Sonne,
Pickering house.
and since by Sir Edward Wootton of Kent. North from this
place is the Fletchers hall, and so downe
to the corner of that street over against
London wall; and againe Eastwards to a
faire house lately new builded, partly
by Mr. Robert Beale, one of the Clerkes
of the Councell.
Then come you to the Papey,
house, wherein sometime was kept a
Fraternity or brother-hood of S. Chari
ty, and Saint Iohn Evangelist, called the
Papey, or poore impotent Priests, (for
in some language, Priests are called
Papes) founded in the yeere, 1430. by
William Oliver, William Barnabie and
Iohn Stafford Chaplens, or Chauntry
Priests in London, for a Master, two
Wardens, &c. Chaplens, Chauntry
Priests, Conducts, and other brethren
and sisters, that should be admitted in
to the Church of Saint Augustine Papey
in the wall. The brethren of this house
becomming lame, or otherwise into
great poverty, were here relieved, as to
have Chambers, with certaine allow
ance of bread, drinke, and cole, and one
old man and his wife to see them served
and to keepe the house cleane. This
brotherhood (amongst others) was sup
pressed in the reigne of Edward the sixt,
since the which time, in this house hath
been lodged Master Morris of Essex, Sir
Francis Walsingham, principall Secretary
to her Majesty, Master Barret of Essex,
&c.
Papey a brother hood or Hospitall for poore Priests.
a proper
house, wherein sometime was kept a
Fraternity or brother-hood of S. Chari
ty, and Saint Iohn Evangelist, called the
Papey, or poore impotent Priests, (for
in some language, Priests are called
Papes) founded in the yeere, 1430. by
William Oliver, William Barnabie and
Iohn Stafford Chaplens, or Chauntry
Priests in London, for a Master, two
Wardens, &c. Chaplens, Chauntry
Priests, Conducts, and other brethren
and sisters, that should be admitted in
to the Church of Saint Augustine Papey
in the wall. The brethren of this house
becomming lame, or otherwise into
great poverty, were here relieved, as to
have Chambers, with certaine allow
ance of bread, drinke, and cole, and one
old man and his wife to see them served
and to keepe the house cleane. This
brotherhood (amongst others) was sup
pressed in the reigne of Edward the sixt,
since the which time, in this house hath
been lodged Master Morris of Essex, Sir
Francis Walsingham, principall Secretary
to her Majesty, Master Barret of Essex,
&c.
Then next is one great house, large
of roomes, faire courts and garden plots,
sometime pertaining to the Bassets, since
that, to the Abbots of Bury in Suffolke,
and therefore called Buries markes, cor
ruptly, Bevis markes, and since the dis
solution of the Abby of Bury, to Thomas
Heneage the father, and to Sir Thomas
his sonne. Then next unto it, is the be
fore spoken Priory of the holy Trinity,
to wit, the West and North part there
of, which stretcheth up to Ealdgate,
where we first begun.
of roomes, faire courts and garden plots,
sometime pertaining to the Bassets, since
that, to the Abbots of Bury in Suffolke,
and therefore called Buries markes, cor
ruptly, Bevis markes, and since the dis
solution of the Abby of Bury, to Thomas
Heneage the father, and to Sir Thomas
his sonne. Then next unto it, is the be
fore spoken Priory of the holy Trinity,
to wit, the West and North part there
of, which stretcheth up to Ealdgate,
where we first begun.
Now in the second way from Eald-gate,
more toward the South, from the
VVell or Pumpe aforesaid,
street, on the right hand where
of, somewhat west from the South end
of Belzetters lane, is the Ironmongers hall:
which company was incorporated in
the third of Edward the fourth: Richard
Fleming was their first Master, Nicholas
Marshall and Richard Coxe were Custos
or VVardens. And on the left hand or
South side (even by the gate and wall
of the City) runneth downe a lane to
the Tower-hill the South part whereof
is called Woodroffe lane,
lane toward the VVest, a street called
Hart-street. In this street, at the South-east corner thereof, sometime stood one
house of Crouched or (Crossed) Fryers
founded by Ralph Hosier; and VVilliam
Sabernes, about the yeere, 1298. Stephen
the 10. Prior of the Holy Trinity in
London, granted three tenements for
13. s. 8. d. by the yeere, unto the said
Ralph Hosiar and VVilliam Sabernes, who
afterwards became Fryers of S. Crosse:
Adam was the first Prior of that house.
These Fryers founded their house in the
place of certaine tenements, purchased
of Richard Wimblush, the 12. Prior of the
Holy Trinity, in the yeere, 1319. which
was confirmed by Edward the third, the
seventeenth of his reigne, valued at 52. l. 13. s. 4. d. surrendred the 12. of
November, the 30. of Henry the eighth.
more toward the South, from the
VVell or Pumpe aforesaid,
Fenne Church street.
lyeth Fenne-Church
street, on the right hand where
of, somewhat west from the South end
of Belzetters lane, is the Ironmongers hall:
which company was incorporated in
the third of Edward the fourth: Richard
Fleming was their first Master, Nicholas
Marshall and Richard Coxe were Custos
or VVardens. And on the left hand or
South side (even by the gate and wall
of the City) runneth downe a lane to
the Tower-hill the South part whereof
is called Woodroffe lane,
Woodroffe lane by the wall of the Tower hil.
and out of this
lane toward the VVest, a street called
Hart-street. In this street, at the South-east corner thereof, sometime stood one
house of Crouched or (Crossed) Fryers
founded by Ralph Hosier; and VVilliam
Sabernes, about the yeere, 1298. Stephen
the 10. Prior of the Holy Trinity in
London, granted three tenements for
13. s. 8. d. by the yeere, unto the said
Ralph Hosiar and VVilliam Sabernes, who
afterwards became Fryers of S. Crosse:
Adam was the first Prior of that house.
These Fryers founded their house in the
place of certaine tenements, purchased
of Richard Wimblush, the 12. Prior of the
Holy Trinity, in the yeere, 1319. which
was confirmed by Edward the third, the
seventeenth of his reigne, valued at 52. l. 13. s. 4. d. surrendred the 12. of
November, the 30. of Henry the eighth.
In this house was buried Master Iohn
Tirres.
Tirres.
Sir Thomas Mellington, Baron of VVe
mese, and Dame Elizabeth his VVife,
daughter of Wil. Botear, Baron of Wome.
mese, and Dame Elizabeth his VVife,
daughter
daughter of Wil. Botear, Baron of Wome.
Wil. Norborow, and Elizabeth his wife.
Wil. Norborow, and Beatrix his wife.
William Brosked, Esquire.
Sir Iohn Stratford, Knight.
Sir Tho. Asseldey, Knight, Clerke of the
Crowne, Submarshall of England, and
Justice of the Shire of Middlesex.
Crowne, Submarshall of England, and
Justice of the Shire of Middlesex.
Sir Iohn Milborne, Draper, Maior in
the yeere 1521. was buried there, but
removed since to S. Edmonds in Lum
bard street.
the yeere 1521. was buried there, but
removed since to S. Edmonds in Lum
bard street.
In place of this Church is now a Car
penters yard, a Tennis-court, and such
like: the Friers Hall was made a glasse-house,
or house wherein was made glasse
of divers sorts to drinke in; which house
in the yeere 1575. on the 4. of Septemb.
burst out into a terrible fire,
ing practised all meanes possible to
quench it, notwithstanding, as the same
house in a small time before, had con
sumed a great quantity of wood by ma
king of glasses, now it selfe, having with
in it about 40000. billets of wood, was
also consumed to the stone wals, which
neverthelesse greatly hindred the fire
from spreading any further.
penters yard, a Tennis-court, and such
like: the Friers Hall was made a glasse-house,
or house wherein was made glasse
of divers sorts to drinke in; which house
in the yeere 1575. on the 4. of Septemb.
burst out into a terrible fire,
The glasse house bur
ned.
where bened.
ing practised all meanes possible to
quench it, notwithstanding, as the same
house in a small time before, had con
sumed a great quantity of wood by ma
king of glasses, now it selfe, having with
in it about 40000. billets of wood, was
also consumed to the stone wals, which
neverthelesse greatly hindred the fire
from spreading any further.
Adjoyning unto this Friers Church,
by the East end therof in Woodroffe lane,
towards the Tower hill, are certaine
proper Almes-houses,
builded of bricke & timber, founded by
Sir Ioh. Milborn, Draper, sometime Mai
or, 1521. wherein be placed 13. aged
poore men and their wives, if they have
wives: these have their dwelling rent-free,
and 2. s. 4. d. apiece, the first day
of every moneth for ever.
Almes houses by Crossed Fri
ers.
ers.
by the East end therof in Woodroffe lane,
towards the Tower hill, are certaine
proper Almes-houses,
Testamēt of Sir Iohn Milborne.
14. in number,
builded of bricke & timber, founded by
Sir Ioh. Milborn, Draper, sometime Mai
or, 1521. wherein be placed 13. aged
poore men and their wives, if they have
wives: these have their dwelling rent-free,
and 2. s. 4. d. apiece, the first day
of every moneth for ever.
Whereas there is mention made by
Mr. Stow (in this his Survey) of a month
ly pension of 4. s. to belong to a foure
teenth house, being one of the said alms-houses;
also of certaine bread & coales,
to be delivered to the Parishes of S. Ed
mund in Lumbard street and S. Michael
in Cornehill: and of divers messuages
and garden-plots in the Parish of S. O
lave in Hart-street, London, mentioned to
be given to the Company of Drapers,
for the performance thereof: Vpon a
perfect view of the Will it selfe, by
which the said Almes-houses were gi
ven to the Company of Drapers, and
upon other writings touching the same;
And withall, upon diligent and paine
full search touching that matter; I find
that Mr. Stowe was much deceived or
mistaken in that matter; and that there
was no such bread and coales given to
those Parishes, neither at any time had
the Company and such houses or gar
dens, whereby to performe the same.
But the Company, by the Will, had
lands given them in other Parishes,
(which now they doe enjoy) onely to
maintaine the Almes-houses, and for
payment of the pensions there, and to
pay some small summes of money to the
Officers and others of that Company,
for the looking to the houses, and paines
taking in paying the pensions, according
as by the Will is limited, and for no o
ther use or purpose.
Mr. Stow (in this his Survey) of a month
ly pension of 4. s. to belong to a foure
teenth house, being one of the said alms-houses;
also of certaine bread & coales,
to be delivered to the Parishes of S. Ed
mund in Lumbard street and S. Michael
in Cornehill: and of divers messuages
and garden-plots in the Parish of S. O
lave in Hart-street, London, mentioned to
be given to the Company of Drapers,
for the performance thereof: Vpon a
perfect view of the Will it selfe, by
which the said Almes-houses were gi
ven to the Company of Drapers, and
upon other writings touching the same;
And withall, upon diligent and paine
full search touching that matter; I find
that Mr. Stowe was much deceived or
mistaken in that matter; and that there
was no such bread and coales given to
those Parishes, neither at any time had
the Company and such houses or gar
dens, whereby to performe the same.
But the Company, by the Will, had
lands given them in other Parishes,
(which now they doe enjoy) onely to
maintaine the Almes-houses, and for
payment of the pensions there, and to
pay some small summes of money to the
Officers and others of that Company,
for the looking to the houses, and paines
taking in paying the pensions, according
as by the Will is limited, and for no o
ther use or purpose.
Next to these Almes-houses is the
Lord Lumleyes house, builded in the
time of King Henry the 8. by Sir Thomas
Wiat the father, upon one plot of ground
of late pertaining to the foresaid Cros
sed Friers, where part of their house
stood: And this is the farthest part of
Ealdgate Ward toward the South, and
ioyneth to the Tower hill. The other
side of that Lane, over against the Lord
Lumleys house, on the wall side of the
Citie, is now for the most part (or alto
gether) builded, even to Ealdgate.
Lord Lumleyes house, builded in the
time of King Henry the 8. by Sir Thomas
Wiat the father, upon one plot of ground
of late pertaining to the foresaid Cros
sed Friers, where part of their house
stood: And this is the farthest part of
Ealdgate Ward toward the South, and
ioyneth to the Tower hill. The other
side of that Lane, over against the Lord
Lumleys house, on the wall side of the
Citie, is now for the most part (or alto
gether) builded, even to Ealdgate.
Then have ye on the South side of
Fenne-Church street, over against the wall
or Pumpe, amongst other faire and
large-builded houses, one that some
time belonged to the Prior of Monte
Ioves,
Monte Ioves beyond the Seas. In Essex
it was the Priors Inne, when he repaired
to this Citie. Then a Lane that lea
deth downe by Northumberland house,
towards the Crossed Friers, as is afore
shewed.
Fenne-Church street, over against the wall
or Pumpe, amongst other faire and
large-builded houses, one that some
time belonged to the Prior of Monte
Ioves,
Prior of Horne-Church in Essex.
or Monasterie Cornute, a Cell to
Monte Ioves beyond the Seas. In Essex
it was the Priors Inne, when he repaired
to this Citie. Then a Lane that lea
deth downe by Northumberland house,
P
towards
towards the Crossed Friers, as is afore
shewed.
This Northumberland house, in the
Parish of Saint Katharine Coleman, be
longed to Henry Percy, Earle of Nor
thumberland, in the 33. of Hen. the 6. but
of late being left by the Earles, the gar
dens thereof were made into Bowling
alleys, and other parts into Dicing-hou
ses, common to all commers for their
money, there to bowle and hazard. But
now of late, so many Bowling-Alleys,
and other houses for unlawfull gaming,
have beene raised in other parts of the
Citie and the Suburbs, that this their
ancient and onely patron of misrule, is
left and forsaken of her Gamesters, and
therefore turned into a number of great
rents, small cottages, for strangers and
others.
Parish of Saint Katharine Coleman, be
longed to Henry Percy, Earle of Nor
thumberland, in the 33. of Hen. the 6. but
of late being left by the Earles, the gar
dens thereof were made into Bowling
alleys, and other parts into Dicing-hou
ses, common to all commers for their
money, there to bowle and hazard. But
now of late, so many Bowling-Alleys,
and other houses for unlawfull gaming,
have beene raised in other parts of the
Citie and the Suburbs, that this their
ancient and onely patron of misrule, is
left and forsaken of her Gamesters, and
therefore turned into a number of great
rents, small cottages, for strangers and
others.
At the East end of this lane, in the
way from Ealdgate toward the Crossed
Friers,
ments, called the Poore Iurie, of Iewes
dwelling there.
way from Ealdgate toward the Crossed
Friers,
The poore Jurie.
of old time, were certaine tenements, called the Poore Iurie, of Iewes
dwelling there.
Next unto this Northumberland house,
is the Parish Church of S. Katharine,
called Coleman; which addition of Cole
man, was taken of a great Haw yard, or
Garden, of old time called Coleman haw,
in the parish of the Trinity, now called
Christs-Church, and in the Parish of S.
Katharine, and All Saines, called Coleman
Church.
is the Parish Church of S. Katharine,
called Coleman; which addition of Cole
man, was taken of a great Haw yard, or
Garden, of old time called Coleman haw,
in the parish of the Trinity, now called
Christs-Church, and in the Parish of S.
Katharine, and All Saines, called Coleman
Church.
Monuments in this Church, I finde
none recorded by Mr. Stowe; and upon
my view, these were the most remarka
ble that I found there:
none recorded by Mr. Stowe; and upon
my view, these were the most remarka
ble that I found there:
Here lyeth the body of Henry Webbe,
squire, Gentleman Vsher to King Henry
the eighth. And here lyeth also Barbara
his wife. She dyed the 5. day of Februa
rie, An. Dom. 1552. And he the last
day of March, 1553.
In the Northeast end of the Chancell, an ancient Tombe.
Esquire, Gentleman Vsher to King Henry
the eighth. And here lyeth also Barbara
his wife. She dyed the 5. day of Februa
rie, An. Dom. 1552. And he the last
day of March, 1553.
Here lyeth the body of Sir Henry Billings
ley,
of London, who dyed the 22. day of No
vember, An. Dom. 1606. And also
the body of Elizabeth his first wife, who
departed this life the 29. of Iuly, 1577.
ley,
A faire stone on the groũd by the Cõ
munion Table.
Knight, Alderman and Lord Maior
munion Table.
of London, who dyed the 22. day of No
vember, An. Dom. 1606. And also
the body of Elizabeth his first wife, who
departed this life the 29. of Iuly, 1577.
Here lyeth the body buried,
late wife to Henry Billingsley, one of
the Queenes Majesties Customers in the
Port of London, who dyed the 29. day
of Iuly, An. Dom. 1577.
A small A
labaster Monumēt fixed in the wall.
of Elizabeth,
labaster Monumēt fixed in the wall.
late wife to Henry Billingsley, one of
the Queenes Majesties Customers in the
Port of London, who dyed the 29. day
of Iuly, An. Dom. 1577.
In obitum ejus.
Stat sua cuique dies,
atque ultima funeris hora,
Cum Deus hinc & Mors
insidiosa vocant.
Nec tibi, vel pietas tua,
velforma Elizabetha,
Praesidium fate
ne trahereris erat,
Occidis exactis terris
cum conjuge lustris,
At septem vitae
lustra fuêre tua.
Fecerat & proles
jam te numerosa parentem,
Filiolae trinae
caetera turba mores,
Vndecimo in partu,
quum Mors accessit & una
Matrem te & Patrem
sustulit undecimum,
Scilicet ex mundo,
ex terrena faece malisque
Sustulit, at superis
reddidit atque Deo,
Est testis sincera fides,
testis tua virtus.
Grata viro virtus,
grata fidesque Deo,
Hic charitas dormit,
At the doore in
to the Chancell, a very faire stone on the ground.
to the Chancell, a very faire stone on the ground.
nominata beata Beatrix,
Atque Dei donum,
quoniam fuit optima Conjux.
Obiit 5. Novēb.
Anno Dom.
1616.
Anno Dom.
1616.
I had rather bee a Doore-keeper in the
house of my God, than to dwell in the
Palaces of Princes.
house of my God, than to dwell in the
Palaces of Princes.
An Epitaph on the death of the
Noble, vertuous, and charitable Gen
tlewoman, Mistris Barners, whose
body lyeth under the stone
you tread on.
Noble, vertuous, and charitable Gen
tlewoman, Mistris Barners, whose
body lyeth under the stone
you tread on.
IN ancient times,
In the north wall just a
gainst the Grave
stone.
gainst the Grave
stone.
the friends surviving gave
Some rich memoriall
to the dead friends grave,
Gold, Pearles or Gemmes,
which custome did intend,
Our riches ought
to wait upon our friend,
O blessed Ages, when
Men parted fortunes,
and not fortunes men!
But now perverted
are our present ends,
That (for wealth) sell
the fame of living friends:
The dead we live by,
now can scant afford
The rites and sacrifice
of one good word:
Of which, lest I be one,
though I can bring
(For worthy Obsequie)
no precious thing;
My gratitude
presents unto her Hearse,
My teares for Balme;
For Offering, my sad Verse.
Give leave then, griefe,
let my drown’d Muse declare
What she that’s dead was,
unto them that are.
The Rule and Index
to finde all the good
That ever Heaven dealt
upon woman-hood:
For if we but
anatomize her life,
We find both a good woman,
and good wife:
First, she lov’d God,
Not like the Pharisee,
In ostentation
and hypocrisie;
But even with all her heart,
and all her soule:
She secretly
did raging sinne controule:
For she (for goodnesse sake)
was innocent,
And not for glory,
or feare of punishment.
Next, to her neighbour
did her love extend,
Ready to helpe at need,
and to befriend
The poore, and those
that never could repay,
But with their prayers
at the latter day:
The remnant of her love
she did bestow
Vpon her Husband,
not in outward show,
Or else in feign’d
adulterate flattery;
But in sound truth,
and deepe sincerity.
Thus did she live,
divided in her love
From this unworthy world:
and Nature then,
Which had but lent her,
tooke her backe agen.
Where let us live in peace,
and let us try
To live like her,
that we like her may dye.
Come hither, Women,
leave your vanities,
Your lust, your scornes,
your pride, your fooleries?
For hither you must all.
The Dust and grave
All your adored
braveries must have:
And all those beauties
that are now afraid
Of Ayre, of Sunne,
must in the ground be laid.
Then decke your soules,
unto whose quintessence,
Nor time, nor death,
nor grave can bring offence.
For so you may
(for ever) beautifie
Your selves as Angels,
in eternity.
FINIS
Concerning Charity to the poore in
this Parish, besides the Christian dis
position of the parishioners themselves,
I finde by information, that Sir Iames
Deane hath given two shillings weekly
in bread for ever, which is duely perfor
med every Friday. And as much they
themselves doe give in bread every
Sunday.
this Parish, besides the Christian dis
position of the parishioners themselves,
I finde by information, that Sir Iames
Deane hath given two shillings weekly
in bread for ever, which is duely perfor
med every Friday. And as much they
themselves doe give in bread every
Sunday.
Sir Henry Billingsley (by his will) gave
the sum of 200. l. for reliefe of the poor
in this Parish; but by not making his
own eyes Overseers, and his hands his
trustiest Executors, his good intent is
injured, and the poore disappointed.
the sum of 200. l. for reliefe of the poor
in this Parish; but by not making his
own eyes Overseers, and his hands his
trustiest Executors, his good intent is
injured, and the poore disappointed.
The limits and bounds of this Parish
need no relation, because they are con
tained within so small a compasse, and
at every place where their marke is fix
ed, there is likewise a Katharine wheele
of iron, not easie to be broken off or re
moved. Mr. Wright, the learned Parson
here, gave me his gentle furtherance,
shewing mee a glasse window in the
South Ile of the Church, where is figu
red the shape of an Alderman in Scar
let, kneeling on his knees, and the
words set downe by him, doe expresse
his name to be William White, Maior of
this honourable Citie. Whereby his is
perswaded, and I am likewise of his o
pinion, (by divers opinions thereto in
ducing) that all that Ile was either of
his building, or (at least) repairing, it
appeareth so novell to the rest.
need no relation, because they are con
tained within so small a compasse, and
at every place where their marke is fix
ed, there is likewise a Katharine wheele
P2
of
of iron, not easie to be broken off or re
moved. Mr. Wright, the learned Parson
here, gave me his gentle furtherance,
shewing mee a glasse window in the
South Ile of the Church, where is figu
red the shape of an Alderman in Scar
let, kneeling on his knees, and the
words set downe by him, doe expresse
his name to be William White, Maior of
this honourable Citie. Whereby his is
perswaded, and I am likewise of his o
pinion, (by divers opinions thereto in
ducing) that all that Ile was either of
his building, or (at least) repairing, it
appeareth so novell to the rest.
Then have ye Blanch Apleton,
where
of I read in the thirteenth of Edward the
first, that a lane behind the same Blanch
Apleton, was granted by the King to be
inclosed and shut up. This Blanch Aple
ton was a Mannor, belonging to Sir Tho
mas Roos of Hamelake, Knight, the se
venth of Richard the second, standing at
the North-east corner of Mart lane, so
called, of a priviledge sometime enjoy
ed to keepe a Mart there; long since
discontinued, and therefore forgotten,
so as nothing remaineth for memory,
but the name of Mart lane, and that not
uncorruptly termed Marke lane.
of I read in the thirteenth of Edward the
first, that a lane behind the same Blanch
Apleton, was granted by the King to be
inclosed and shut up. This Blanch Aple
ton was a Mannor, belonging to Sir Tho
mas Roos of Hamelake, Knight, the se
venth of Richard the second, standing at
the North-east corner of Mart lane, so
called, of a priviledge sometime enjoy
ed to keepe a Mart there; long since
discontinued, and therefore forgotten,
so as nothing remaineth for memory,
but the name of Mart lane, and that not
uncorruptly termed Marke lane.
I read that in the third of Edward the
fourth, all Baskert-makers,
ers, and other Forrainers, were permit
ted to have shops in this Mannour of
Blanch Apleton, and not else-where with
in this Citie, or suburbs thereof.
fourth, all Baskert-makers,
Basket-makers at Blanch Apleton,
Wyer-drawers, and other Forrainers, were permit
ted to have shops in this Mannour of
Blanch Apleton, and not else-where with
in this Citie, or suburbs thereof.
And this also being the farthest West
part of this Ward on that South-side, I
leave it, with three Parish Churches;
Saint Katharine Christs-Church, S. An
drew Vndershaft, and S. Katharine Cole
man; and three Halls of Companies;
the Brick-layers Hall, the Fletchers
Hall, and the Ironmongers Hall.
part of this Ward on that South-side, I
leave it, with three Parish Churches;
Saint Katharine Christs-Church, S. An
drew Vndershaft, and S. Katharine Cole
man; and three Halls of Companies;
the Brick-layers Hall, the Fletchers
Hall, and the Ironmongers Hall.
It hath an Alderman, his Deputy,
common Counsellours, six; Constables,
six; Scavengers, nine; VVard mote
men for Inquest, eighteene, and a Bea
dle. It is taxed to the Fifteene in Lon
don, at five pounds.
common Counsellours, six; Constables,
six; Scavengers, nine; VVard mote
men for Inquest, eighteene, and a Bea
dle. It is taxed to the Fifteene in Lon
don, at five pounds.
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Stow, John, Anthony Munday, and Humphrey Dyson. THE SURVEY OF LONDON: CONTAINING The Original, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of that City, Methodically set down. With a Memorial of those famouser Acts of Charity, which for publick and Pious Vses have been bestowed by many Worshipfull Citizens and Benefactors. As also all the Ancient and Modern Monuments erected in the Churches, not only of those two famous Cities, LONDON and WESTMINSTER, but (now newly added) Four miles compass. Begun first by the pains and industry of John Stow, in the year 1598. Afterwards inlarged by the care and diligence of A.M. in the year 1618. And now compleatly finished by the study &labour of A.M., H.D. and others, this present year 1633. Whereunto, besides many Additions (as appears by the Contents) are annexed divers Alphabetical Tables, especially two, The first, an index of Things. The second, a Concordance of Names. London: Printed for Nicholas Bourne, 1633. STC 23345.5.
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Strype, John, John Stow, Anthony Munday, and Humphrey Dyson. A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 2. London, 1720. Remediated by The Making of the Modern World.
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Edward I
Edward This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 1I King of England Longshanks Hammer of the Scots
(b. between 17 June 1239 and 18 June 1239, d. in or before 27 October 1307)Edward I is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edward III
Edward This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 3III King of England
(b. 12 November 1312, d. 21 June 1377)Edward III is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edward VI
Edward This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 6VI King of England King of Ireland
(b. 12 October 1537, d. 6 July 1553)Edward VI is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edward IV
Edward This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 4IV King of England
(b. 28 April 1442, d. 9 April 1483)Edward IV is mentioned in the following documents:
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Dame Isabell Edward
Wife of William Edward. Buried at Crossed Friars.Dame Isabell Edward is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Edward
William Edward Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1457-1458. Mayor 1471-1472. Member of the Grocers’ Company. Husband of Dame Isabell Edward. Buried at Austin Friars.William Edward is mentioned in the following documents:
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Elizabeth I
Elizabeth This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 1I Queen of England Queen of Ireland Gloriana Good Queen Bess
(b. 7 September 1533, d. 24 March 1603)Queen of England and Ireland 1558-1603.Elizabeth I is mentioned in the following documents:
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Eustacius
Prior of Holy Trinity Prior.Eustacius is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Fauset
Buried at Holy Trinity Priory.Thomas Fauset is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ferreis of Ousley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Henry fitz-Alwine
Sir Henry fitz-Alwine Mayor
(d. 1212)First mayor of London 1189–1212. Possible member of the Drapers’ Company. Buried at Holy Trinity Priory.Sir Henry fitz-Alwine is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Fleming
Husband of Margaret Fleming. Buried at St. Katherine’s Hospital.Sir Thomas Fleming is mentioned in the following documents:
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Margaret Fleming is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Flemyng
Richard Flemyng Sheriff
(d. 1464)Sheriff of London 1460-1461. Member of the Ironmongers’ Company. First master of the Ironmongers’ Hall.Richard Flemyng is mentioned in the following documents:
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Simon Francis
Buried at Holy Trinity Priory.Simon Francis is mentioned in the following documents:
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Dame Mary Ramsey (née Dale)
Dame Mary Ramsey Dale
Wife of Sir Thomas Ramsey. Daughter of William Dale.Dame Mary Ramsey (née Dale) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. John the Baptist is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edward Hall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cornelius Fish
Chamberlain of London 1603-1626.Cornelius Fish is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Garland is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Gerrard is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Goad
Husband of Joan Goad. Buried at St. Katherine Cree.John Goad is mentioned in the following documents:
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Joan Goad
Wife of John Goad. Buried at St. Katherine Cree.Joan Goad is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Goodwine
Esquire. Buried at Holy Trinity Priory. Not to be confused with Thomas Goodwine.Thomas Goodwine is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mr. Helling is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Heneage
(b. in or before 1482, d. 1553)Courtier and chief gentleman of the Privy Chamber. Son of Sir John Heneage.Sir Thomas Heneage is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Heneage
(b. in or before 1532, d. 1595)Courtier and parliamentarian. Husband of Anne Heneage. Father of Elizabeth Finch. Buried at Lady Chapel (St. Paul’s).Sir Thomas Heneage is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Heningham
Husband of Dame Isabel Heningham. Buried at Holy Trinity Priory.Sir John Heningham is mentioned in the following documents:
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Dame Isabel Heningham
Wife of Sir John Heningham. Buried at Holy Trinity Priory.Dame Isabel Heningham is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry VIII
Henry This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 8VIII King of England King of Ireland
(b. 28 June 1491, d. 28 January 1547)King of England and Ireland 1509-1547.Henry VIII is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry VI
Henry This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 6VI King of England
(b. 6 December 1421, d. 21 May 1471)Henry VI is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry Man
Henry Man Bishop of Sodor and Man
(fl. 1528-56d. 1556)Bishop of Sodor and Man 1546–1556. Buried at St. Andrew Undershaft.Henry Man is mentioned in the following documents:
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Jane Horne
Wife of Roger Marshall. Buried at St. Katharine Cree.Jane Horne is mentioned in the following documents:
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Raph Hosiar is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Huss
Buried at Holy Trinity Priory.John Huss is mentioned in the following documents:
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James VI and I
James This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 6VI This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 1I King of Scotland King of England King of Ireland
(b. 1566, d. 1625)James VI and I is mentioned in the following documents:
James VI and I authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
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James VI and I. Letters of King James VI and I. Ed. G.P.V. Akrigg. Berkeley: U of California P, 1984. Print.
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Rhodes, Neill, Jennifer Richards, and Joseph Marshall, eds. King James VI and I: Selected Writings. By James VI and I. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004.
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Simon Kempe
Buried at Holy Trinity Priory.Simon Kempe is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Kempe
Buried at Holy Trinity Priory.John Kempe is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Kirkby is mentioned in the following documents:
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Stephen Kirton
Member of the Merchant Taylors’ Company. Father of Grisild Kirton.Stephen Kirton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Nicholas Kyriel
Son of William Kyriel. Buried at Crossed Friars.Nicholas Kyriel is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Kyriel
Esquire. Father of Nicholas Kyriel.William Kyriel is mentioned in the following documents:
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Nicholas Leveson is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry Lovell
Son of Lord William Lovell. Buried at Crossed Friars.Henry Lovell is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lord William Lovell
Father of Henry Lovell.Lord William Lovell is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Martin Lumley
Sir Martin Lumley Sheriff Mayor
(d. 1634)Sheriff of London 1614-1615. Mayor 1623-1624. Member of the Drapers’ Company. Knighted on 23 June 1624.Sir Martin Lumley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Philip Malpas
Philip Malpas Sheriff
(d. 1469)Sheriff of London 1439-1440. Member of the Drapers’ Company. Buried at St. Andrew Undershaft. See related ODNB entry for Sir Thomas Cook.Philip Malpas is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Malwen
Buried at Holy Trinity Priory.John Malwen is mentioned in the following documents:
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James Manthorpe
Buried at Holy Trinity Priory.James Manthorpe is mentioned in the following documents:
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Roger Marshall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Nicholas Marshall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Matilda of Scotland is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Mellington
Husband of Dame Elizabeth Mellington. Buried at Crossed Friars.Sir Thomas Mellington is mentioned in the following documents:
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Dame Elizabeth Mellington (née Botelar)
Dame Elizabeth Mellington Botelar
Dame Elizabeth Mellington (née Botelar) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Mellington
Esquire. Husband of Elizabeth Mellington. Buried at Crossed Friars.Robert Mellington is mentioned in the following documents:
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Elizabeth Mellington
Wife of Robert Mellingon. Daughter of Ferreis of Ousley. Buried at Crossed Friars. Not to be confused with Dame Elizabeth Mellington.Elizabeth Mellington is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Micholl
John Micholl Sheriff
(d. 1537)Sheriff of London 1413-1414. Member of the Vintners’ Company. Buried at St. Andrew Undershaft. Not to be confused with John Michell.John Micholl is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Middleton
Sir Thomas Middleton Sheriff Mayor
(b. between 1549 and 1556, d. 1631)Sheriff of London 1603-1604. Mayor 1613-1614. Member of the Grocers’ Company. Knighted on 26 July 1603. Not to be confused with Thomas Middleton.Sir Thomas Middleton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Milborne
Sir John Milborne Sheriff Mayor
(d. 1535)Sheriff of London 1510-1511. Mayor 1521-1522. Member of the Drapers’ Company. Husband of Dame Joanne Milborne and Dame Margaret Milborne. Buried at St. Edmund, Lombard Street.Sir John Milborne is mentioned in the following documents:
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Anthony Mills
Son of John Mills. Buried at Holy Trinity Priory.Anthony Mills is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Mills
Father of Anthony Mills.John Mills is mentioned in the following documents:
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Waleran de Beaumont
Count of Meulan and First Earl of Worcester. Betrothed to Matilda during infancy.Waleran de Beaumont is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lionel Mollington
Son of Robert Mollington. Buried at Crossed Friars.Lionel Mollington is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Mollington
Father of Lionel Mollington.Robert Mollington is mentioned in the following documents:
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Master Morris of Essex
Morris
MoEML has not yet added biographical content for this person. The editors welcome research leads from qualified individuals. Please contact us for further information.Master Morris of Essex is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Mortimer
(b. 1350)Husband of Dame Agnes Bardolf. Illegitimate Son of Sir Roger Mortimer.Sir Thomas Mortimer is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Multon
Father of Thomas Multon. Buried at St. Katherine Cree.William Multon is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Multon
Son of William Multon. Buried at St. Katherine Cree.Thomas Multon is mentioned in the following documents:
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Anthony Munday
(bap. 1560, d. 1633)Playwright, actor, pageant poet, translator, and writer. Possible member of the Drapers’ Company or Merchant Taylors’ Company.Anthony Munday is mentioned in the following documents:
Anthony Munday authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
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Anthony Munday. The Triumphs of Re-United Britannia. Arthur F. Kinney. Renaissance Drama: An Anthology of Plays and Entertainments. 2nd ed. Toronto: Wiley, 2005.
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Munday, Anthony. Camp-Bell: or the Ironmongers Faire Feild. London: Edward Allde, 1609. DEEP406. STC 18279.
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Munday, Anthony, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood, and William Shakespeare. Sir Thomas More. 1998. Remediated by Project Gutenberg.
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Munday, Anthony, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood, and William Shakespeare. Sir Thomas More. Ed. Vittorio Gabrieli and Giorgio Melchiori. Revels Plays. Manchester; New York: Manchester UP, 1990. Print.
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Munday, Anthony. Metropolis Coronata, The Trivmphes of Ancient Drapery. London: George Purslowe, 1615. DEEP 630. STC 18275.
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Stow, John, Anthony Munday, and Henry Holland. THE SVRVAY of LONDON: Containing, The Originall, Antiquitie, Encrease, and more Moderne Estate of the sayd Famous Citie. As also, the Rule and Gouernment thereof (both Ecclesiasticall and Temporall) from time to time. With a briefe Relation of all the memorable Monuments, and other especiall Obseruations, both in and about the same CITIE. Written in the yeere 1598. by Iohn Stow, Citizen of London. Since then, continued, corrected and much enlarged, with many rare and worthy Notes, both of Venerable Antiquity, and later memorie; such, as were neuer published before this present yeere 1618. London: George Purslowe, 1618. STC 23344. Yale University Library copy.
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Stow, John, Anthony Munday, and Humphrey Dyson. THE SURVEY OF LONDON: CONTAINING The Original, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of that City, Methodically set down. With a Memorial of those famouser Acts of Charity, which for publick and Pious Vses have been bestowed by many Worshipfull Citizens and Benefactors. As also all the Ancient and Modern Monuments erected in the Churches, not only of those two famous Cities, LONDON and WESTMINSTER, but (now newly added) Four miles compass. Begun first by the pains and industry of John Stow, in the year 1598. Afterwards inlarged by the care and diligence of A.M. in the year 1618. And now compleatly finished by the study &labour of A.M., H.D. and others, this present year 1633. Whereunto, besides many Additions (as appears by the Contents) are annexed divers Alphabetical Tables, especially two, The first, an index of Things. The second, a Concordance of Names. London: Printed for Nicholas Bourne, 1633. STC 23345.5.
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Strype, John, John Stow, Anthony Munday, and Humphrey Dyson. A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 2. London, 1720. Remediated by The Making of the Modern World.
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William Narborough
Husband of Dame Elizabeth Narborough. Buried at Crossed Friars.William Narborough is mentioned in the following documents:
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Dame Elizabeth Narborough
Wife of William Narborough. Buried at Crossed Friars.Dame Elizabeth Narborough is mentioned in the following documents:
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Dame Beatrix Narbrough
Wife of William Narbrough. Buried at Crossed Friars.Dame Beatrix Narbrough is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Narbrough
Husband of Dame Beatrix Narbrough. Buried at Crossed Friars.William Narbrough is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Nuck
Husband of Joan Nuck.Thomas Nuck is mentioned in the following documents:
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Joan Nuck
Wife of Thomas Nuck. Buried at Holy Trinity Priory.Joan Nuck is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Offley
Sir Thomas Offley Sheriff Mayor
(b. 1505, d. 1582)Sheriff of London 1553-1554. Mayor 1556-1557. Member of the Merchant Taylors’ Company. Buried at St. Andrew Undershaft.Sir Thomas Offley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Hugh Offley
Hugh Offley Sheriff
Sheriff of London 1588-1589. Member of the Leathersellers’ Company. Rebuilt Leadenhall Manor. Buried at St. Andrew Undershaft.Hugh Offley is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Oliver is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry Percy is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Percival is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir William Pickering
(d. 1542)Builder of Pickering House. Father of Sir William Pickering. Buried at St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate. See related ODNB entry for Sir William Pickering.Sir William Pickering is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir William Pickering
(b. 1516, d. 1575)Son of Sir William Pickering. Buried at St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate.Sir William Pickering is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Rainstorth
Buried at St. Katherine Cree.Sir John Rainstorth is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Cox
Warden of Ironmongers’ Hall.Richard Cox is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Rest
John Rest Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1510-1511. Mayor 1516-1517. Member of the Grocers’ Company. Buried at Crossed Friars.John Rest is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard II
Richard This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 2II King of England
(b. 6 January 1367, d. 1400)Richard II is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Roes
Owner of Blanch Appleton.Sir Thomas Roes is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Rouse is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Rysing
Prior of Holy Trinity Priory.William Rysing is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Sabernes is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sewch Shirley
Daughter of Ralph Shirley. Buried at St. Katherine Cree.Sewch Shirley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ralph Shirley
Father of Anne Shirley and Sewch Shirley.Ralph Shirley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Siredus is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Skevington is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Stafford is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Starkye is mentioned in the following documents:
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Baldwin is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mathilda
Daughter of Stephen I. Betrothed to Waleran de Beaumont during infancy.Mathilda is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Stephen
Curate of St. Katherine Cree.Sir Stephen is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mr. Stephen is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Stokes is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Stow
(b. between 1524 and 1525, d. 1605)Historian and author of A Survey of London. Husband of Elizabeth Stow.John Stow is mentioned in the following documents:
John Stow authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
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Blome, Richard.
Aldersgate Ward and St. Martins le Grand Liberty Taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. M3r and sig. M4v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Aldgate Ward with its Division into Parishes. Taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections & Additions.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. H3r and sig. H4v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Billingsgate Ward and Bridge Ward Within with it’s Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. Y2r and sig. Y3v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Bishopsgate-street Ward. Taken from the Last Survey and Corrected.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. N1r and sig. N2v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Bread Street Ward and Cardwainter Ward with its Division into Parishes Taken from the Last Survey.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. B3r and sig. B4v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Broad Street Ward with its Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey with Corrections and Additions, & Cornhill Ward with its Divisions into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey, &c.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. P2r and sig. P3v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Cheape Ward with its Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections and Additions.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig.D1r and sig. D2v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Coleman Street Ward and Bashishaw Ward Taken from the Last Survey with Corrections and Additions.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. G2r and sig. G3v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Cow Cross being St Sepulchers Parish Without and the Charterhouse.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. H2v and sig. H3r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Creplegate Ward with its Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey, with Additions, and Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. I3r and sig. I4v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Farrington Ward Without, with its Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey with Corrections & Amendments.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. 2F3r and sig. 2F4v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Lambeth and Christ Church Parish Southwark. Taken from ye last Survey with Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. Z1r and sig. Z2r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Langborne Ward with its Division into Parishes. Corrected from the Last Survey. & Candlewick Ward with its Division into Parishes. Corrected from the Last Survey.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. U3r and sig. U4v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Map of St. Gilles’s Cripple Gate. Without. With Large Additions and Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. H2v and sig. H3r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Map of the Parish of St. Dunstans Stepney, als. Stebunheath Divided into Hamlets.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. F3r and sig. F4v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Map of the Parish of St Mary White Chappel and a Map of the Parish of St Katherines by the Tower.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. F2r and sig. F3v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of Lime Street Ward. Taken from ye Last Surveys & Corrected.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. M1r and sig. M2v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of St. Andrews Holborn Parish as well Within the Liberty as Without.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. 2I1r and sig. 2I2v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of the Parishes of St. Clements Danes, St. Mary Savoy; with the Rolls Liberty and Lincolns Inn, Taken from the Last Survey with Corrections and Additions.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig.O4v and sig. O1r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of the Parish of St. Anns. Taken from the last Survey, with Correction, and Additions.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. L2v and sig. L3r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of the Parish of St. Giles’s in the Fields Taken from the Last Servey, with Corrections and Additions.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. K1v and sig. K2r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of the Parish of St Margarets Westminster Taken from the Last Survey with Corrections.
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Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of the Parish of St Martins in the Fields Taken from ye Last Survey with Additions.
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Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of the Parish of St Pauls Covent Garden Taken from the Last Survey.
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Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of the Parish of St Saviours Southwark and St Georges taken from ye last Survey.
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Blome, Richard.
The Parish of St. James Clerkenwell taken from ye last Survey with Corrections.
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Blome, Richard.
The Parish of St. James’s, Westminster Taken from the Last Survey with Corrections.
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Blome, Richard.
The Parish of St Johns Wapping. The Parish of St Paul Shadwell.
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Blome, Richard.
Portsoken Ward being Part of the Parish of St. Buttolphs Aldgate, taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections and Additions.
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Blome, Richard.
Queen Hith Ward and Vintry Ward with their Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey.
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Blome, Richard.
Shoreditch Norton Folgate, and Crepplegate Without Taken from ye Last Survey with Corrections.
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Blome, Richard.
Spittle Fields and Places Adjacent Taken from ye Last Survey with Corrections.
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Blome, Richard.
St. Olave and St. Mary Magdalens Bermondsey Southwark Taken from ye last Survey with Corrections.
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Blome, Richard.
Tower Street Ward with its Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections.
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Blome, Richard.
Walbrook Ward and Dowgate Ward with its Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Surveys.
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Blome, Richard.
The Wards of Farington Within and Baynards Castle with its Divisions into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections.
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The City of London as in Q. Elizabeth’s Time.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Frontispiece. -
A Map of the Tower Liberty.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. H4v and sig. I1r. [See more information about this map.] -
A New Plan of the City of London, Westminster and Southwark.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Frontispiece. -
Pearl, Valerie.
Introduction.
A Survey of London. By John Stow. Ed. H.B. Wheatley. London: Everyman’s Library, 1987. v–xii. Print. -
Pullen, John.
A Map of the Parish of St Mary Rotherhith.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. Z3r and sig. Z4r. [See more information about this map.] -
Stow, John. The abridgement of the English Chronicle, first collected by M. Iohn Stow, and after him augmented with very many memorable antiquities, and continued with matters forreine and domesticall, vnto the beginning of the yeare, 1618. by E.H. Gentleman. London, Edward Allde and Nicholas Okes, 1618. STC 23332.
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Stow, John. The annales of England Faithfully collected out of the most autenticall authors, records, and other monuments of antiquitie, lately collected, since encreased, and continued, from the first habitation vntill this present yeare 1605. London: Peter Short, Felix Kingston, and George Eld, 1605. STC 23337.
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Stow, John, Anthony Munday, and Henry Holland. THE SVRVAY of LONDON: Containing, The Originall, Antiquitie, Encrease, and more Moderne Estate of the sayd Famous Citie. As also, the Rule and Gouernment thereof (both Ecclesiasticall and Temporall) from time to time. With a briefe Relation of all the memorable Monuments, and other especiall Obseruations, both in and about the same CITIE. Written in the yeere 1598. by Iohn Stow, Citizen of London. Since then, continued, corrected and much enlarged, with many rare and worthy Notes, both of Venerable Antiquity, and later memorie; such, as were neuer published before this present yeere 1618. London: George Purslowe, 1618. STC 23344. Yale University Library copy.
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Stow, John, Anthony Munday, and Humphrey Dyson. THE SURVEY OF LONDON: CONTAINING The Original, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of that City, Methodically set down. With a Memorial of those famouser Acts of Charity, which for publick and Pious Vses have been bestowed by many Worshipfull Citizens and Benefactors. As also all the Ancient and Modern Monuments erected in the Churches, not only of those two famous Cities, LONDON and WESTMINSTER, but (now newly added) Four miles compass. Begun first by the pains and industry of John Stow, in the year 1598. Afterwards inlarged by the care and diligence of A.M. in the year 1618. And now compleatly finished by the study &labour of A.M., H.D. and others, this present year 1633. Whereunto, besides many Additions (as appears by the Contents) are annexed divers Alphabetical Tables, especially two, The first, an index of Things. The second, a Concordance of Names. London: Printed for Nicholas Bourne, 1633. STC 23345.5.
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Stow, John. The chronicles of England from Brute vnto this present yeare of Christ. 1580. Collected by Iohn Stow citizen of London. London, 1580.
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Stow, John. A Summarie of the Chronicles of England. Diligently Collected, Abridged, & Continued vnto this Present Yeere of Christ, 1598. London: Imprinted by Richard Bradocke, 1598.
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Stow, John. A suruay of London· Conteyning the originall, antiquity, increase, moderne estate, and description of that city, written in the yeare 1598. by Iohn Stow citizen of London. Since by the same author increased, with diuers rare notes of antiquity, and published in the yeare, 1603. Also an apologie (or defence) against the opinion of some men, concerning that citie, the greatnesse thereof. VVith an appendix, contayning in Latine Libellum de situ & nobilitate Londini: written by William Fitzstephen, in the raigne of Henry the second. London: John Windet, 1603. STC 23343. U of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus) copy.
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Stow, John, The survey of London contayning the originall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe. With a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publicke and pious vses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and benefactors. As also all the ancient and moderne monuments erected in the churches, not onely of those two famous cities, London and Westminster, but (now newly added) foure miles compasse. Begunne first by the paines and industry of Iohn Stovv, in the yeere 1598. Afterwards inlarged by the care and diligence of A.M. in the yeere 1618. And now completely finished by the study and labour of A.M. H.D. and others, this present yeere 1633. Whereunto, besides many additions (as appeares by the contents) are annexed divers alphabeticall tables; especially two: the first, an index of things. The second, a concordance of names. London: Printed by Elizabeth Purslovv for Nicholas Bourne, 1633. STC 23345. U of Victoria copy.
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Stow, John, The survey of London contayning the originall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe. With a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publicke and pious vses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and benefactors. As also all the ancient and moderne monuments erected in the churches, not onely of those two famous cities, London and Westminster, but (now newly added) foure miles compasse. Begunne first by the paines and industry of Iohn Stovv, in the yeere 1598. Afterwards inlarged by the care and diligence of A.M. in the yeere 1618. And now completely finished by the study and labour of A.M. H.D. and others, this present yeere 1633. Whereunto, besides many additions (as appeares by the contents) are annexed divers alphabeticall tables; especially two: the first, an index of things. The second, a concordance of names. London: Printed by Elizabeth Purslovv [i.e., Purslow] for Nicholas Bourne, 1633. STC 23345.
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Stow, John. A Survey of London. Reprinted from the Text of 1603. Ed. Charles Lethbridge Kingsford. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon, 1908. Remediated by British History Online. [Kingsford edition, courtesy of The Centre for Metropolitan History. Articles written after 2011 cite from this searchable transcription.]
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Stow, John. A Survey of London. Reprinted from the Text of 1603. Ed. Charles Lethbridge Kingsford. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon, 1908. See also the digital transcription of this edition at British History Online.
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Stow, John. A SVRVAY OF LONDON. Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne estate, and description of that Citie, written in the yeare 1598. by Iohn Stow Citizen of London. Also an Apologie (or defence) against the opinion of some men, concerning that Citie, the greatnesse thereof. With an Appendix, containing in Latine, Libellum de situ &nobilitate Londini: written by William Fitzstephen, in the raigne of Henry the second. 23341. Transcribed by EEBO-TCP.
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Stow, John. A SVRVAY OF LONDON. Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne estate, and description of that Citie, written in the yeare 1598. by Iohn Stow Citizen of London. Also an Apologie (or defence) against the opinion of some men, concerning that Citie, the greatnesse thereof. With an Appendix, containing in Latine, Libellum de situ & nobilitate Londini: written by William Fitzstephen, in the raigne of Henry the second. Ed. Janelle Jenstad and the MoEML Team. MoEML. Transcribed.
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Stow, John. A SVRVAY OF LONDON. Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne estate, and description of that Citie, written in the yeare 1598. by Iohn Stow Citizen of London. Also an Apologie (or defence) against the opinion of some men, concerning that Citie, the greatnesse thereof. With an Appendix, containing in Latine, Libellum de situ &nobilitate Londini: written by William Fitzstephen, in the raigne of Henry the second. Folger Shakespeare Library.
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Stow, John. A SVRVAY OF LONDON. Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne estate, and description of that Citie, written in the yeare 1598. by Iohn Stow Citizen of London. Also an Apologie (or defence) against the opinion of some men, concerning that Citie, the greatnesse thereof. With an Appendix, containing in Latine, Libellum de situ &nobilitate Londini: written by William Fitzstephen, in the raigne of Henry the second. London: John Windet for John Wolfe, 1598. STC 23341.
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Stow, John. A SVRVAY OF LONDON. Coteyning the Originall, Antiquity, Increaſe, Moderne eſtate, and deſcription of that City, written in the yeare 1598, by Iohn Stow Citizen of London. Since by the ſame Author increaſed with diuers rare notes of Antiquity, and publiſhed in the yeare, 1603. Alſo an Apologie (or defence) againſt the opinion of ſome men, concerning that Citie, the greatneſſe thereof. With an Appendix, contayning in Latine Libellum de ſitu & nobilitae Londini: Writen by William Fitzſtephen, in the raigne of Henry the ſecond. London: John Windet, 1603. U of Victoria copy. Print.
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Strype, John, John Stow, Anthony Munday, and Humphrey Dyson. A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 2. London, 1720. Remediated by The Making of the Modern World.
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Strype, John, John Stow. A SURVEY OF THE CITIES OF LONDON and WESTMINSTER, And the Borough of SOUTHWARK. CONTAINING The Original, Antiquity, Increase, present State and Government of those CITIES. Written at first in the Year 1698, By John Stow, Citizen and Native of London. Corrected, Improved, and very much Enlarged, in the Year 1720, By JOHN STRYPE, M.A. A NATIVE ALSO OF THE SAID CITY. The Survey and History brought down to the present Time BY CAREFUL HANDS. Illustrated with exact Maps of the City and Suburbs, and of all the Wards; and, likewise, of the Out-Parishes of London and Westminster, and the Country ten Miles round London. Together with many fair Draughts of the most Eminent Buildings. The Life of the Author, written by Mr. Strype, is prefixed; And, at the End is added, an APPENDIX Of certain Tracts, Discourses, and Remarks on the State of the City of London. 6th ed. 2 vols. London: Printed for W. Innys and J. Richardson, J. and P. Knapton, and S. Birt, R. Ware, T. and T. Longman, and seven others, 1754–1755. ESTC T150145.
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Strype, John, John Stow. A survey of the cities of London and Westminster: containing the original, antiquity, increase, modern estate and government of those cities. Written at first in the year MDXCVIII. By John Stow, citizen and native of London. Since reprinted and augmented by A.M. H.D. and other. Now lastly, corrected, improved, and very much enlarged: and the survey and history brought down from the year 1633, (being near fourscore years since it was last printed) to the present time; by John Strype, M.A. a native also of the said city. Illustrated with exact maps of the city and suburbs, and of all the wards; and likewise of the out-parishes of London and Westminster: together with many other fair draughts of the more eminent and publick edifices and monuments. In six books. To which is prefixed, the life of the author, writ by the editor. At the end is added, an appendiz of certain tracts, discourses and remarks, concerning the state of the city of London. Together with a perambulation, or circuit-walk four or five miles round about London, to the parish churches: describing the monuments of the dead there interred: with other antiquities observable in those places. And concluding with a second appendix, as a supply and review: and a large index of the whole work. 2 vols. London : Printed for A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. ESTC T48975.
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The Tower and St. Catherins Taken from the Last Survey with Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. H4v and sig. I1r. [See more information about this map.] -
Wheatley, Henry Benjamin.
Introduction.
A Survey of London. 1603. By John Stow. London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1912. Print.
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Sir John Stratford
Knight. Buried at Crossed Friars.Sir John Stratford is mentioned in the following documents:
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Theobald fitz-Luonis is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Nicholas Throckmorton
(b. between 1515 and 1516, d. 1571)Diplomat and Member of Parliament. Husband of Anne Carew.Sir Nicholas Throckmorton is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Tirell
Buried at Holy Trinity Priory.John Tirell is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Tirres
Buried at Crossed Friars.John Tirres is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Turke is mentioned in the following documents:
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Dame Alice Turke
Wife of Robert Turke. Buried at Holy Trinity Priory.Dame Alice Turke is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Wakefield
Buried at St. Katherine Cree.John Wakefield is mentioned in the following documents:
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Raph Walles
Buried at Holy Trinity Priory.Raph Walles is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Francis Walsingham is mentioned in the following documents:
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Anthony Wells
Son of John Wells. Buried at Holy Trinity Priory.Anthony Wells is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Wells
Father of Anthony Wells. Not to be confused with Viscount John Wells.John Wells is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Wyatt is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Wimbush is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Wolsey is mentioned in the following documents:
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David Woodroffe
David Woodroffe Sheriff
Sheriff of London 1554-1555. Member of the Haberdashers’ Company. Father of Sir Nicholas Woodroffe. Buried at St. Andrew Undershaft.David Woodroffe is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Edward Wootton
Doctor and nobleman from Kent.Sir Edward Wootton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Nicholas Carew
(d. 1539fl. in or after 1496)Knight of the Garter. Executed and buried at St. Botolph, Aldgate.Sir Nicholas Carew is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir William Cokayne
Sir William Cokayne Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1609-1610. Mayor 1619-1620. Member of the Skinners’ Company. Husband of Elizabeth Medcalfe and Katharine Wonton. Knighted on 8 June 1616. Buried at St. Peter le Poor.Sir William Cokayne is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Richard Deane
Sir Richard Deane Sheriff Mayor
(d. 1635)Sheriff of London 1619-1620. Mayor 1628-1629. Member of the Skinners’ Company. Knighted on 31 May 1629.Sir Richard Deane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Gore
Sir John Gore Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1615-1616. Mayor 1624-1625. Member of the Merchant Taylos’ Company. Knighted on 14 June 1626.Sir John Gore is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lord Thomas Howard
(b. 10 March 1538, d. 2 June 1572)Fourth Duke of Norfolk. Nobleman and courtier. Father of Lord Thomas Howard.Lord Thomas Howard is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Stephen Jenyns is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Leman
Sir John Leman Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1606-1607. Mayor 1616-1617. Member of the Fishmongers’ Company. Knighted on 9 March 1617.Sir John Leman is mentioned in the following documents:
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Elizabeth Purslowe is mentioned in the following documents:
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David
David King of the United Monarchy of Israel and Judah
(b. 1040 BCE, d. 970 BCE)King of the United Monarchy of Israel and Judah in the Bible.David is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Nicholas Rainton
Sir Nicholas Rainton Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1621-1622. Mayor 1632-1633. Member of the Haberdashers’ Company. Knighted on 5 May 1633.Sir Nicholas Rainton is mentioned in the following documents:
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William White
William White Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1482-1483. Mayor 1489-1490. Member of the Drapers’ Company. Buried at St. Swithin, London Stone.William White is mentioned in the following documents:
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Jesus Christ is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir William Bowes is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Johnson
Member of the Goldsmiths’ Company.Robert Johnson is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Breton
John Breton Sheriff
Sheriff of London 1521-1522. Member of the Merchant Taylors’ Company. Buried at Holy Trinity Priory.John Breton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir James Hawes
Sir James Hawes Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1565-1566. Mayor 1574-1575. Member of the Clothworkers’ Company. Buried at St. Mary, Abchurch.Sir James Hawes is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Ramsey
Sir Thomas Ramsey Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1567-1568. Mayor 1577-1578. Member of the Grocers’ Company. Husband of Dame Mary Ramsey and Dame Alice Ramsey. Buried at St. Nicholas Acon.Sir Thomas Ramsey is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Henry Billingsley
Sir Henry Billingsley Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1584-1585. Mayor 1596-1597. Member of the Haberdashers’ Company. Father of Thomas Billingsley. Wife of Elizabeth Billingsley.Sir Henry Billingsley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Garrarde
Sir John Garrarde Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1592-1593. Mayor 1601-1602. Member of the Haberdashers’ Company. Son of Sir William Garrarde.Sir John Garrarde is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Bennett is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Lowe
Thomas Lowe Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1595-1596. Mayor 1604-1605. Member of the Haberdashers’ Company. Buried at St. Peter le Poor.Thomas Lowe is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Herne
Richard Herne Sheriff
Sheriff of London 1618-1619. Member of the Merchant Taylors’ Company. Translated to the Grocers’ Company in 1622.Richard Herne is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Peter Probie
Sir Peter Probie Sheriff Mayor
(d. 1625)Sheriff of London 1614-1615. Mayor 1622-1623. Member of the Grocers’ Company. Knighted on 8 June 1623.Sir Peter Probie is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Hodges is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Humphrey Handford is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Cuthbert Hacket
Sir Cuthbert Hacket Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1616-1617. Mayor 1626-1627. Member of the Drapers’ Company. Knighted on 20 May 1627.Sir Cuthbert Hacket is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir George Whitmore
Sir George Whitmore Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1621-1622. Mayor 1631-1632. Member of the Haberdashers’ Company. Knighted on 27 May 1632.Sir George Whitmore is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir James Deane
Benefactor of the poor. Knighted on 8 July 1604.Sir James Deane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mr. Norman is mentioned in the following documents:
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Geoffrey de Mandeville
(b. 1191, d. 23 February 1216)Second Earl of Essex and Fourth Earl of Gloucester. Husband of Matilda de Mandeville. Not to be confused with Geoffrey de Mandeville.Geoffrey de Mandeville is mentioned in the following documents:
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Walter Leigh
Sword bearer of London.Walter Leigh is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ms. Cambell is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mr. Waldron is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Gore is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Halliday is mentioned in the following documents:
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George Cooper
Clerk at the St. James Duke’s Place in London.George Cooper is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir George Throckmorton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Anne Carew
Buried at St. Katherine Cree. Wife of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton.Anne Carew is mentioned in the following documents:
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Frances Croke (née Wellesborne)
Frances Croke Wellesborne
(d. 3 November 1587)Wife of Paulus Ambrosius Croke. Daughter of Franics Wellesborne.Frances Croke (née Wellesborne) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Paulus Ambrosius Croke
Husband of Frances Croke.Paulus Ambrosius Croke is mentioned in the following documents:
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Francis Wellesborne
Father of Frances Croke.Francis Wellesborne is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Smith
(d. 24 December 1594)Member of the Mercers’ Company. Husband of Anne Smith and Mary Smith. Father of Mary Smith. Not to be confused with John Smith.John Smith is mentioned in the following documents:
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Anne Smith (née Mullert)
Anne Smith Mullert
Wife of John Smith. Mother of Mary Smith. Daughter of Fulke Mullert. Not to be confused with Anne Smith.Anne Smith (née Mullert) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mary Smith (née Hawes)
Mary Smith Hawes
Mary Smith (née Hawes) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Fulke Mullert
Father of Anne Smith.Fulke Mullert is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mary Smith is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Gilborne
Member of the Drapers’ Company.William Gilborne is mentioned in the following documents:
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George Lee
Member of the Saddlers’ Company.George Lee is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mistress Dane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Alice Bateman
Donated funds to the Parish of St. Katherine Cree.Alice Bateman is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Bedow
Benefactor of the poor.John Bedow is mentioned in the following documents:
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George Hothersall is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Waddis
Member of the Cooks’ Company. Benefactor of the poor.John Waddis is mentioned in the following documents:
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Stephen Roberts
Member of the Cooks’ Company. Benefactor of the poor.Stephen Roberts is mentioned in the following documents:
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Master Wilford is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Shepheard
Denizen of London.Thomas Shepheard is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Tatum
Denizen of London.John Tatum is mentioned in the following documents:
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Peter Rutt
Member of the Merchant Taylors’ Company.Peter Rutt is mentioned in the following documents:
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Master Leese is mentioned in the following documents:
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Widow Dewen is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mr. Leaning is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir James Lancaster
(b. 1554, d. 1618)Merchant and director of the East India Company. Knighted in 1603.Sir James Lancaster is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mistress Smith is mentioned in the following documents:
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Stephen Denison
Minister.Stephen Denison is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Beards
Clerk.John Beards is mentioned in the following documents:
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Stephen Woodroffe
Member of the Haberdashers’ Company. Son of David Woodroffe. Benefactor of the poor.Stephen Woodroffe is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Hanbury
Member of the Bakers’ Company. Husband of Alice Hanbury.William Hanbury is mentioned in the following documents:
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Nicholai de Nate
Buried at St. Andrew Undershaft.Nicholai de Nate is mentioned in the following documents:
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Elizabeth Stow
Wife of John Stow.Elizabeth Stow is mentioned in the following documents:
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Simon Burton
(d. 14 January 1579)Member of the Merchant Taylors’ Company and Wax Chandlers’ Company. Governor of St. Thomas Hosital. Husband of Elizabeth Burton and Anne Burton. Father of Alice Byng.Simon Burton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Elizabeth Burton
Wife of Simon Burton. Mother of Alice Byng.Elizabeth Burton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Anne Burton
Wife of Simon Burton.Anne Burton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Alice Byng (née Burton)
Alice Byng Coldock Waterson Burton
(d. 21 May 1616)Wife of Richard Waterson, Francis Coldock, and Isaac Byng. Mother of Joane Coldock and Anne Coldock. Daughter of Simon Burton and Elizabeth Burton.Alice Byng (née Burton) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Waterson
Husband of Alice Byng.Richard Waterson is mentioned in the following documents:
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Francis Coldock is mentioned in the following documents:
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Isaac Byng
Husband of Alice Byng.Isaac Byng is mentioned in the following documents:
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Joane Coldock
Daughter of Francis Coldock and Alice Byng.Joane Coldock is mentioned in the following documents:
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Anne Coldock
Daughter of Francis Coldock and Alice Byng.Anne Coldock is mentioned in the following documents:
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Dorothy Weld (née Greswolde)
Dorothy Weld Greswolde
Wife of John Weld. Mother of John Weld, Elizabeth Weld, Joane Weld, and Dorothy Weld. Daughter of Roger Greswolde.Dorothy Weld (née Greswolde) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Roger Greswolde
Member of the Merchant Taylors’ Company. Father of Dorothy Weld.Roger Greswolde is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Greswolde
Father of Roger Greswolde.Richard Greswolde is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Weld
Husband of Dorothy Weld. Father of John Weld, Elizabeth Weld, Joane Weld, and Dorothy Weld. Son of John Weld.John Weld is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Weld is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Weld is mentioned in the following documents:
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Elizabeth Weld
Daughter of John Weld and Dorothy Weld.Elizabeth Weld is mentioned in the following documents:
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Joane Weld
Daughter of John Weld and Dorothy Weld.Joane Weld is mentioned in the following documents:
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Dorothy Weld
Daughter of John Weld and Dorothy Weld.Dorothy Weld is mentioned in the following documents:
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Margery Turner is mentioned in the following documents:
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Humfrey Turner
Husband of Margery Turner.Humfrey Turner is mentioned in the following documents:
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Isaac Sutton
Member of the Goldsmiths’ Company. Husband of Margery Turner.Isaac Sutton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Joane Howpill (née Sutton)
Joane Howpill Sutton
Joane Howpill (née Sutton) is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Howpill
Husband of Joane Howpill.William Howpill is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edward Warner
Merchant. Son of Francis Warner. Not to be confused with Sir Edward Warner.Edward Warner is mentioned in the following documents:
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Francis Warner
Husband of Mary Warner. Father of Edward Warner.Francis Warner is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mary Warner
Wife of Francis Warner. Mother of Edward Warner. Not to be confused with Mary Warner or Mary Warner.Mary Warner is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Edmund Rowse
Father of Mary Warner.Sir Edmund Rowse is mentioned in the following documents:
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Peter Hewes
Tenant of the Parish of St. Andrew Undershaft.Peter Hewes is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edward Hide
Tenant of Parish of St. Andrew Undershaft.Edward Hide is mentioned in the following documents:
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Joane Cartwright
Wife of Abraham Cartwright.Joane Cartwright is mentioned in the following documents:
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Abraham Cartwright
Member of the Drapers’ Company. Husband of Joane Cartwright.Abraham Cartwright is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Norman is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Offley
Son of Hugh Offley. Not to be confused with Sir Thomas Offley.Thomas Offley is mentioned in the following documents:
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James Boomer
Denizen of London.James Boomer is mentioned in the following documents:
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Susanna Garret
Denizen of London.Susanna Garret is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Blomefield
Denizen of London.Thomas Blomefield is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ms. Allison is mentioned in the following documents:
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Elizabeth Spearing
Wife of George Spearing.Elizabeth Spearing is mentioned in the following documents:
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George Spearing
Husband of George Spearing.George Spearing is mentioned in the following documents:
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Alice Hanbury
Wife of William Hanbury.Alice Hanbury is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Bridges
Denizen of London. Not to be confused with Sir William Bridges.William Bridges is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ralfe Carter
Member of the Salters’ Company. Husband of Alice Carter.Ralfe Carter is mentioned in the following documents:
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Alice Carter
Wife of Ralfe Carter.Alice Carter is mentioned in the following documents:
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Margaret Moore
Wife of William Moore.Margaret Moore is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Moore
Member of the Merchant Taylors’ Company. Husband of Margaret Moore. Not to be confused with William Moore.William Moore is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Fitall
Denizen of London.Thomas Fitall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Hull
Member of the Drapers’ Company.Richard Hull is mentioned in the following documents:
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Elizabeth Worley
Denizen of London.Elizabeth Worley is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Hide
Member of the Merchant Taylors’ Company.John Hide is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edmond Hill
Member of the Drapers’ Company.Edmond Hill is mentioned in the following documents:
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Laurence Overton
Member of the Mercers’ Company.Laurence Overton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Allen Barker
Member of the Grocers’ Company. Resident of Aldgate Ward.Allen Barker is mentioned in the following documents:
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Francis Phillips
Resident of Aldgate Ward.Francis Phillips is mentioned in the following documents:
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Nicholas Hobland
Resident of Aldgate Ward.Nicholas Hobland is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Ruddock
Resident of Aldgate Ward.William Ruddock is mentioned in the following documents:
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Griffin Martin
Resident of Aldgate Ward.Griffin Martin is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Holding
Resident of Aldgate Ward.John Holding is mentioned in the following documents:
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George Sares
Resident of Aldgate Ward.George Sares is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry Mason
Parson of St. Andrew Undershaft.Henry Mason is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Johnson
Clerk of St. Andrew Undershaft. Not to be confused with Thomas Johnson.Thomas Johnson is mentioned in the following documents:
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Master of Barret
MoEML has not yet added biographical content for this person. The editors welcome research leads from qualified individuals. Please contact us for further information.Master of Barret is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry Webbe
Usher to Henry VIII.Henry Webbe is mentioned in the following documents:
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Elizabeth Billingsley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mr. Wright is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Lemote
Resident of Aldgate Ward.John Lemote is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mary Warner (née Aylmer)
Mary Warner Aylmer
Wife of Edward Warner. Daughter of Aylmer of Risden. Not to be confused with Mary Warner or Mary Warner.Mary Warner (née Aylmer) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Aylmer of Risden is mentioned in the following documents:
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Margaret Warner (née Cheynie)
Mary Warner Cheynie
Wife of Edward Warner. Daughter of John Cheinie. Not to be confused with Mary Warner or Mary Warner.Margaret Warner (née Cheynie) is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Cheinie
Father of Margaret Warner. Possibly the same person as John Cheinie.John Cheinie is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas George
Resident of Aldgate Ward.Thomas George is mentioned in the following documents:
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Jeronymo di Soldi
Owner of an Italian ordinary in Aldgate Ward.Jeronymo di Soldi is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Rice Griffith
Beheaded on Tower Hill. Buried at Crossed Friars.Sir Rice Griffith is mentioned in the following documents:
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Beatrix Barners (née Cotton)
Beatrix Barners Cotton
(d. 5 November 1616)Wife of Robert Baners. Daughter of George Cotton.Beatrix Barners (née Cotton) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Barners
Husband of Beatrix Barners.Robert Barners is mentioned in the following documents:
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George Cotton
Father of Beatrix Barners.George Cotton is mentioned in the following documents:
Locations
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Aldgate Ward
Aldgate Ward is located within the London Wall and east of Lime Street Ward. Both the ward and its main street, Aldgate Street, are named after Aldgate, the eastern gate into the walled city (Stow 1633, sig. N6v).Aldgate Ward is mentioned in the following documents:
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Aldgate
Aldgate was the easternmost gate into the walled city. The nameAldgate
is thought to come from one of four sources: Æst geat meaningEastern gate
(Ekwall 36), Alegate from the Old English ealu meaningale,
Aelgate from the Saxon meaningpublic gate
oropen to all,
or Aeldgate meaningold gate
(Bebbington 20–21).Aldgate is mentioned in the following documents:
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Aldgate Street
Aldgate Street ran slightly south-west from Aldgate until it reached a pump, formerly a sweet well. At that point, the street forked into two streets. The northern branch, called Aldgate Street, ran west until it ran into Cornhill at Lime Street. At an earlier point in history, Cornhill seems to have extended east past Lime Street because the church of St. Andrew Undershaft was called St. Andrew upon Cornhill (Harben 10).Aldgate Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lime Street
Lime Street is a street that ran north-south from Leadenhall Street in the north to Fenchurch Street in the south. It was west of St. Andrew Undershaft and east of Leadenhall. It appears that the street was so named because people made or sold Lime there (Stow). This claim has some historical merit; in the 1150s one Ailnoth the limeburner lived in the area (Harben; BHO).Lime Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Harp Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Fenchurch Street
Fenchurch Street (often called Fennieabout) ran east-west from the pump on Aldgate High Street to Gracechurch Street in Langbourne Ward, crossing Mark Lane, Mincing Lane, and Rodd Lane along the way. Fenchurch Street was home to several famous landmarks, including the King’s Head Tavern, where the then-Princess Elizabeth is said to have partaken inpork and peas
after her sister, Mary I, released her from the Tower of London in May of 1554 (Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay 288). Fenchurch Street was on the royal processional route through the city, toured by monarchs on the day before their coronations.Fenchurch Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Northumberland House (Crutched Friars Lane)
Northumberland House was a stately home in Crutched Friars Lane, south of Aldgate. It was built by and named after Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, in 1455 (Harben). Stow records that by 1598, the house had been abandoned and that the gardens had been turned into one of the first bowling alleys, where all and sundry could bowl and gamble.Northumberland House (Crutched Friars Lane) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Bricklayers’ Hall
The Bricklayers’ Hall was east of Billiter Lane and stood on the south side of the street running west from the water pump near Aldgate. This street was named Leadenhall Street in the seventeenth century but was considered part of Aldgate Street when Stow was writing. Stow mentions the hall only in passing in his survey, so he neglects the hall’s appearance and history (Stow). The hall was incorporated in 1568 but by the eighteenth century the Bricklayers had abandoned it. Thereafter, it was used as a synagogue by Dutch Jews (Harben).Bricklayers’ Hall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sugarloaf Alley
Sugarloaf Alley ran north-south from Leadenhall Street to Fenchurch Street, on the west side of Bricklayers’ Hall. Stow indicates that it was calledSprinckle allie
but had been renamed Sugarloaf Alley after a shop sign.Sugarloaf Alley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Billiter Lane
Billiter Lane ran north-west from Fenchurch to Leadenhall, entirely in Aldgate Ward. Nearby landmarks included Blanch Appleton facing the opening of Billiter Lane on the south side of Fenchurch and Ironmongers’ Hall to the west of Billiter Lane on the north side of Fenchurch. Nearby churches were St. Catherine Cree on Leadenhall and All Hallows Staining adjacent to the Clothworkers’ Hall) and St. Katharine Coleman on Fenchurch. On the Agas map, Billiter Lane is labelledBylleter la.
Billiter Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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London Stone
London Stone was, literally, a stone that stood on the south side of what is now Cannon Street (formerly Candlewick Street). Probably Roman in origin, it is one of London’s oldest relics. On the Agas map, it is visible as a small rectangle between Saint Swithin’s Lane and Walbrook Street, just below thend
consonant cluster in the labelLondonſton.
London Stone is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Andrew Undershaft
St. Andrew Undershaft stands at the southeast corner of St. Mary Axe Street in Aldgate Ward.The church of St. Andrew Undershaft is the final resting place of John Stow.St. Andrew Undershaft is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Axe
The church of St. Mary Axe was a church on the west side of St. Mary Axe Street in Lime Street Ward. Stow asserts the church’s full name and dedication wasS. Marie the virgine, Saint Vrsula, and the 11000. Virgins
and believed that its common name, St. Mary Axe, derived from a sign near the church’s east side (Stow). However, a document written during the reign of Henry VIII suggests a different history of its name. The church, dedicated to 11,000 martyred virgins, supposedly contained the three axes that were used in their executions (Harben).St. Mary Axe is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Augustine Papey
St Augustine Papey was a church on the south side of the city wall and opposite the north end of St. Mary Axe Street. The church dated from the twelfth century and in 1442 a fraternity of brothers was installed (Harben). The church and brotherhood were suppressed during the Reformation and Stow tells us the church was pulled down and houses built on the site (Stow).St. Augustine Papey is mentioned in the following documents:
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The Wall
Originally built as a Roman fortification for the provincial city of Londinium in the second century C.E., the London Wall remained a material and spatial boundary for the city throughout the early modern period. Described by Stow ashigh and great
(Stow 1:8), the London Wall dominated the cityscape and spatial imaginations of Londoners for centuries. Increasingly, the eighteen-foot high wall created a pressurized constraint on the growing city; the various gates functioned as relief valves where development spilled out to occupy spacesoutside the wall.
The Wall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Bevis Marks (Street)
Bevis Marks was a street south of the City Wall that ran east-west from Shoemaker Row to the north end of St. Mary Axe Street. It was in Aldgate Ward. Bevis Marks was continued by Duke’s Place.Bevis Marks (Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Culver Alley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ironmongers’ Hall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Crutched Friars
Crutched Friars was a street that ran east-west from Poor Jewry Lane to the east end of Hart Street above Seething Lane. When Stow wrote, most of Crutched Friars was known as Hart Street, so Stow only uses the name Crutched Friars to refer to Crutched Friars Priory (Harben). Since Stow does not name the street that ran from Aldgate to Woodroffe Lane, it could have been known as Hart Street, Crutched Friars, or something different.Crutched Friars is mentioned in the following documents:
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Woodroffe Lane
Woodroffe Lane ran north-south from Crutched Friars south to Tower Hill. The lane was in Aldgate Ward and was named after the Woodruffe family (Harben). Stow writes that the lane was a place of great benevolence. There were fourteenproper almes houses
built from brick and wood in Woodruffe Lane and the tenantshaue their dewllinges rent free, and ii.s. iiii.d. the peece: the first day of euery moneth for euer
(Stow).Woodroffe Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Tower Hill
Tower Hill was a large area of open ground north and west of the Tower of London. It is most famous as a place of execution; there was a permanent scaffold and gallows on the hillfor the execution of such Traytors or Transgressors, as are deliuered out of the Tower, or otherwise to the Shiriffes of London
(Stow).Tower Hill is mentioned in the following documents:
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Hart Street
Hart Street ran east-west from Crutched Fryers and the north end of Seething Lane to Mark Lane. In Stow’s time, the street began much further east, running from the north end of Woodroffe Lane to Mark Lane (Harben; Stow).Hart Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Seething Lane
Seething Lane ran north-south from the junction of Hart Street and Crutch Fryers through to Tower Street. The lane, in Tower Street Ward, was marked by a church at each end; on the northwest corner stood St. Olave, Hart Street and on the southeast corner was All Hallows Barking. Stow describes the lane as one withdiuers fayre and large houses
(Stow).Seething Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Olave (Hart Street)
The church of St. Olave, Hart Street is found on the south side of Hart Street and the northwest corner of Seething Lane in Tower Street Ward. It has been suggested that the church was founded and built before the Norman conquest of 1066 (Harben). Aside from mentioning the nobility buried in St. Olave’s, Stow is kind enough to describe the church asa proper parrish
(Stow). Samuel Pepys is buried in this church.St. Olave (Hart Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mark Lane
Mark Lane ran north-south from Fenchurch Street to Tower Street. It wasfor the most parte of this Towerstreet warde
(Stow). The north end of the street, from Fenchurch Street to Hart Street was divided between Aldgate Ward and Landbourn Ward. Stow says Mark Lane wasso called of a Priuiledge sometime enjoyed to keepe a mart there, long since discontinued, and therefore forgotten, so as nothing remaineth for memorie
(Stow). Modern scholars have suggested that it was instead named after the mart, where oxen were fattened for slaughter (Harben).Mark Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Blanch Appleton
Blanch Appleton was a manor on Fenchurch Street next to St. Katherine Coleman in Aldgate Ward. It is marked on the Agas map asBlanch chapelton.
Stow records that it was a market during the reign of Edward IV, but the market by Stow’s time wasdiscontinued, and therefore forgotten, so as no-thing remaineth for memorie, but the name of Mart Lane
(Stow 1598, sig. I1r). The site was claimed by the Mayor and Commonality of the City in 1637, and its name continued in the eighteenth centuryBlanch Appleton Court
(Harben).Blanch Appleton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Holy Trinity Priory
Holy Trinity Priory, located west of Aldgate and north of Leadenhall Street, was an Augustinian Priory. Stow notes that Queen Matilda established the Priory in 1108in the parishes of Saint Marie Magdalen, S. Michael, S. Katherine, and the blessed Trinitie, which now was made but one Parish of the holy Trinitie
(Stow). Before Matilda united these parishes under the name Holy Trinity Priory, they were collectively known as the Holy Cross or Holy Roode parish (Stow; Harben).Holy Trinity Priory is mentioned in the following documents:
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Parish of St. Mary Magdalen (Aldgate)
Parish containing the St. Mary Magdalen Church.Parish of St. Mary Magdalen (Aldgate) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Parish of St. Michael (Aldgate)
One of the parishes that became part of Holy Trinity Priory in 1108. Its bounds contained the church of St. Michael (Aldgate).Parish of St. Michael (Aldgate) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Parish of St. Katherine (Aldgate)
One of the parishes that became part of Holy Trinity Priory in 1108. Its bounds contained the church of St. Katherine, Aldgate.Parish of St. Katherine (Aldgate) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Parish of the Holy Trinity
The Parish of the Holy Trinity was located west of Aldgate and north of Leadenhall Street. Stow notes that in 1108 Queen Matilda amalgamatedthe Parishes of S. Marie Magdalen, S. Michael, S. Katherine, and the blessed Trinitie, which now was made but one Parish of the holy Trinitie
(Stow). Before Matilda united these parishes, they were collectively known as the Holy Cross or Holy Roode parish (Stow; Harben).Parish of the Holy Trinity is mentioned in the following documents:
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King’s Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Michael (Aldgate)
St. Michael, Aldgate, was an old parish church that was absorbed by Holy Trinity Priory in 1108 along with the parishes of St. Mary Magdalen, Aldgate, and St. Katherine Cree. According to a papal bull written during the pontificate of Innocent III, it was located in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Priory (Harben).St. Michael (Aldgate) is mentioned in the following documents:
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London is mentioned in the following documents:
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Portsoken Ward
Portsoken Ward is east of Tower Street Ward and Aldgate Ward and is located outside the Wall. This ward was once called Knighten Guild, so named because the land which it encompasses was originally given to thirteen knights or soldiers who were the first members of the Knighten Guild, an order of chivalry founded by Edgar the Peaceful for valuable knights in his service. As the OED notes,portsoken
refers tothe district outside a city or borough, over which its jurisdiction extends
(OED portsoken, 1). It follows that this ward, one of the twenty-six wards of London and located outside of the Wall, was later known as Portsoken Ward.Portsoken Ward is mentioned in the following documents:
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Christ Church is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Stephen (Coleman Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Katherine Cree
Not to be confused with St. Katherine Church, St. Katherine Cree was an old parish church in Aldgate Ward located on the north side of Leadenhall Street between Aldgate and St. Mary Axe. Stow reports that the church was so old that one had to descend seven steps to enter it. He also adds that the church’s steeple and bell tower, built in 1504, were the most recent additions (Stow). St. Katherine Cree is also known by the names St. Katherine and the Blessed Trinity and St. Katherine Christ Church. The Church is drawn on the Agas map on the north side of Leadenhall Street, south of Holy Trinity Priory and east of the well in Aldgate Street. It has no label accompanying it.St. Katherine Cree is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. James Duke’s Place
According to Stow, St. James Duke’s Place was built on the grounds of Duke’s Place, which was converted from the Holy Trinity Priory after the priory’s dissolution in 1531.The 1633 edition of Stow recounts the reconstruction of a church upon the ruins of the priory alongside Duke’s Place. Approval for this reconstruction was granted by James I. The inscription indicates the church’s dedication to both James I and St. James, hence the nameSt. James Duke’s Place
(Stow 1633, sig. O1v-O3r).The buildings on the site were destroyed in the Great Fire and then rebuilt (Sugden 281). The church was active until 1874 (Sugden 281).St. James Duke’s Place is mentioned in the following documents:
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Hartshorn Alley
Hartshorn Alley ran north-south from Leadenhall Street to Fenchurch Street (Harben; BHO). Stow notes that Hartshorn Alley ismid way on that South side [of Leadenhall Street], betwixt Aldgate and Limestreet,
and characterises it asa way that goeth through into Fenchurch streete ouer against [i.e., across from] Northumberland house
(Stow).Hartshorn Alley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Creechurch Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Heneadge House is mentioned in the following documents:
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Crossed Friars
One of the smallest London friaries, Crossed Friars (also known as Crouched Friars or Crutched Friars) housed the Bretheren of the Holy Cross. Despite John Stow’s assertion that the friary was founded in 1298 (Stow 1:147), it is first mentioned by Henry III in 1269, which suggests that Raph Hosiar and William Sabernes gave their founding bequest some time in that decade. Over the next three (or possibly four) centuries, the friars added a dozen more tenaments to the precinct. By the early fourteenth century, the friary occupied over two acres of land south of Hart Street (later dubbed Crutched Friars) that ran along the west side of Woodroffe Lane to Tower Hill. Compared to friaries such as Blackfriars and Greyfriars, Crossed Friars was humble, and the friars’ plan to expand their church was interrupted in 1538 by the Dissolution of the Monasteries (Holder 142–159).Crossed Friars is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cornhill
Cornhill was a significant thoroughfare and was part of the cityʼs main major east-west thoroughfare that divided the northern half of London from the southern half. The part of this thoroughfare named Cornhill extended from St. Andrew Undershaft to the three-way intersection of Threadneedle, Poultry, and Cornhill where the Royal Exchange was built. The nameCornhill
preserves a memory both of the cornmarket that took place in this street, and of the topography of the site upon which the Roman city of Londinium was built.Note: Cornhill and Cornhill Ward are nearly synonymous in terms of location and nomenclature - thus, it can be a challenge to tell one from the other. Topographical decisions have been made to the best of our knowledge and ability.Cornhill is mentioned in the following documents:
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Shaft Alley
Shaft Alley was near the northwest corner of Leadenhall Street and St. Mary Axe Street in Lime Street Ward. During the eighteenth century, the alley was directly opposite East India House. Stow says that the name for the alley came from a maypolelaid [on iron hooks] along ouer the doores, and vnder the Pentises of one rowe of houses, and Alley gate, called of the shaft
(Stow). As an eyewitness, Stow recounts that the alley retained its name long after the maypole was sawn into pieces and burnt following a particularly powerful sermon given at St. Paul’s Cross by Stephen, curate of St. Katherine Cree.Shaft Alley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lime Street Ward
Lime Street Ward is west of Aldgate Ward. The ward is named after its principle street, Lime Street, which takes its name from themaking or ſelling of Lime there,
according to Stow (Stow 1603).Lime Street Ward is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Paul’s Cross
The Paul’s Cross outdoor preaching station is located in Paul’s Cross Churchyard on the northeast side of St. Paul’s Cathedral. During the early modern period, Paul’s Cross was a site of drama, since the interfaith conflicts of the time were addressed from the pulpit. These sermons were presented by prominent Reformation figures including Stephen Gardiner, Miles Coverdale, Thomas Cranmer, Nicholas Ridley, Hugh Latimer, Gilbert Bourne, Edmund Grindal, Matthew Parker, John Jewel, John Foxe, Edwin Sandys, and John Donne.St. Paul’s Cross is mentioned in the following documents:
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Greyfriars
Enduring for over three centuries, longer than any other London friary, Greyfriars garnered support from both England’s landed elite and common Londoners. Founded in 1225 on a tenament donated by London Mercer John Iwyn, Greyfriars housed London’s Franciscan Friars (known in England as the Grey Friars). The friary expanded from its original pittance of land on the west side of Stinking Lane to over four-and-a-half acres by 1354. With the patronage of Queens Margaret, Isabella, and Philippa throughout the fourteenth century, the Franciscans constructed a formidable church, London’s third largest after St. Paul’s and Westminster Abbey. After the friary’s closure in 1538 pursuant to the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the church became the centre of the newly established Christ Church parish, and the cloisters housed Christ’s Hospital (Holder 66–96).Greyfriars is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Thomas Hospital
St. Thomas Hospital was a hospital and parish church dedicated to St. Thomas Becket (Stow 1598, sig. Y7v). Originally located in St. Mary Overies Priory Close, St. Thomas Hospital was relocated to the eastern side of Long Southwark near Thieves’ Lane in the thirteenth century (Walford). The early modern location of St. Thomas Hospital is depicted near the bottom of the Agas map, though it is not labelled. It is also depicted on Rocque and Pine’s 1746 map (A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, and Borough of Southwark with Contiguous Buildings), where it is labelledSt. Thomas’s Hospital.
St. Thomas Hospital is mentioned in the following documents:
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Parish of St. Leonard (Shoreditch) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Parish of All Hallows (Lombard Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Parish of St. Andrew (Undershaft) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Half Moon
Half Moon was a messuage with a garden in East Smithfield. According to the 1633 edition of John Stow’s Survey of London, Ralfe Carter gave the messuage todivers Feoffees, between the Parishes of Alhallowes in Lumbard-street, and Saint Andrews Vndershaft
(Stow 1633, sig. O6r).Half Moon is mentioned in the following documents:
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East Smithfield
East Smithfield is a district located east of the City of London and northeast of the Tower of London. Its name derives fromsmoothfield ,
with the prefixeast
helping to differentiate it from the Smithfield northwest of Cripplegate (Harben). As time progressed, it transformed from what Stow describes as aplot of ground
with very few houses into a densely populated area by the mid-seventeenth century (Stow; Harben).East Smithfield is mentioned in the following documents:
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Parish of St. Botolph (Aldgate) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Parish of St. Peter le Poor is mentioned in the following documents:
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Broad Street Ward
Broad Street Ward is west of Bishopsgate Ward. It is named after its principle street, Broad Street.Broad Street Ward is mentioned in the following documents:
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Abbey of St. Clare
Founded in 1293 by Edmund, earl of Lancaster, the Abbey of St. Clare is also referred to in Stow’s Survey asthe Minories
(Stow 1633, sig. M2v), a name derived from the toponymthe Abbey of the Minoresses of St. Mary of the Order of St. Clare
(Harben 416). It occupied five acres of land. After the Abbey was surrendered to Henry VIII by Dame Elizabeth Salvage, the abbess, the site was occupied by the Parish Church of Holy Trinity (Minories) until 1899 (Harben 151).Abbey of St. Clare is mentioned in the following documents:
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King’s Head Tavern (Fenchurch Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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The Pewter Pot (Leadenhall Street)
By 1521, the Pewter Pot was, according to Henry Harben,a famous coaching inn
that was[o]n the south side of Leadenhall Street
Gap in transcription. Reason: Editorial omission for reasons of length or relevance. Use only in quotations in born-digital documents.[…] formerly called the Pewter Pott, the Pott on the Hoop, or Pot inn (Harben 473).The Pewter Pot (Leadenhall Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Axe Street
St. Mary Axe ran north-south from the church of St. Augustine Papey to Leadenhall Street. Stow remarks that the east side of the street belonged to Aldgate Ward, while the west side lay within the boundary of Lime Street Ward (Stow). It was named after the church of St. Mary Axe, located near the northwest corner of the street.St. Mary Axe Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Bishopsgate is mentioned in the following documents:
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Fletchers’ Hall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Bevis Marks is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Edmund (Lombard Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Michael (Cornhill)
The parish church of St. Michael, Cornhill is located on the southern side of Cornhill Ward between Birchin Lane and Gracechurch Street. St. Michael, Cornhill was the parish church of John Stow and his family and is the final resting place for Stow’s great-grandparents. Weinreb notes that,the church has a long musical tradition, and is famous for its excellent acoustics
(Weinreb 799-800).St. Michael (Cornhill) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Parish of St. Nicholas Olave is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lumley House
Lumley House was a large house on the west side of Woodroffe Lane, north of Tower Hill. It was built bySir Thomas Wiat the father, vpon one plotte of ground of late pertayning to the foresaid Crossed Fryers
during the reign of Henry VIII (Stow). For Stow, the house was an important boundary marker for Aldgate Ward; it was the most southern point. However, he did not record anything about the house itself.Lumley House is mentioned in the following documents:
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Parish of St. Katherine (Coleman Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Poor Jewry is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Katherine Coleman
St. Katherine Coleman was also called St. Katherine and All Saints and All Hallows Coleman Church (Harben). The church can be found on the Agas map, west of Northumberland House. It is labelled S. Katerin colmans.St. Katherine Coleman is mentioned in the following documents:
Organizations
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Drapers’ Company
Worshipful Company of Drapers
The Drapers’ Company was one of the twelve great companies of London. The Drapers were third in the order of precedence established in 1515. The Worshipful Company of Drapers is still active and maintains a website at https://www.thedrapers.co.uk/ that includes a history of the company and bibliography.![The coat of arms of the Drapers’
Company, from Stow (1633).
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The coat of arms of the Drapers’ Company, from Stow (1633). [Full size image] This organization is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ironmongers’ Company
Worshipful Company of Ironmongers
The Ironmongers’ Company was one of the twelve great companies of London. The Ironmongers were tenth in the order of precedence established in 1515. The Worshipful Company of Ironmongers is still active and maintains a website at http://www.ironmongers.org/ that includes a history of the company.![The coat of arms of the Ironmongers’
Company, from Stow (1633).
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The coat of arms of the Ironmongers’ Company, from Stow (1633). [Full size image] This organization is mentioned in the following documents:
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Court of Aldermen
The Court of Aldermen was composed of senior officials known asaldermen,
who were each elected to represent one ward of London. The Mayor of London oversaw the Court of Aldermen and was himself an alderman. Historically, the Court of Aldermen was the primary administrative body for the Corporation of London; however, by the early modern period, many of its responsibilities had been transferred to the Court of Common Council. The Court of Aldermen exists today in a somewhat modified form.This organization is mentioned in the following documents:
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Woodmongers’ Company
The Woodmongers’ Company was a company in early modern London. With the transition to coal as a primary fuel source, the Woodmongers became defunct by 1731.This organization is mentioned in the following documents:
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The MoEML Team
These are all MoEML team members since 1999 to present. To see the current members and structure of our team, seeTeam.
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Former Student Contributors
We’d also like to acknowledge students who contributed to MoEML’s intranet predecessor at the University of Windsor between 1999 and 2003. When we redeveloped MoEML for the Internet in 2006, we were not able to include all of the student projects that had been written for courses in Shakespeare, Renaissance Drama, and/or Writing Hypertext. Nonetheless, these students contributed materially to the conceptual development of the project.
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University of Victoria
The University of Victoria, writ large. Located in Victoria, BC, Canada. Website.This organization is mentioned in the following documents:
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